Severalty Volume 98 (Paperback)

Laura Da'

ISBN 10: 0816554595 / ISBN 13: 9780816554591

Published by University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2025

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Paperback. Severalty begins in a garden and moves through ancestral and contemporary hometowns that shimmer between wholeness and severing. In these poems, river currents tick with the intrusion of the clocks lavish precincts. From powerfully compressed lyrical fragments to pulsing narrative sequences, Severalty shifts perspectives to examine devastation and healing, transience and seasonality, loss and resurrection.With clear roots in her first two books of poetry, Tributaries and Instruments of the True Measure, this volume joins the authors poetic trilogy with a deeply personal accounting of history, community, and selfhood. Weaving the past and present into a stunning tapestry, this collection is a powerful testament to Indigenous endurance and creativity, offering readers a deeply insightful and necessary work. Severalty begins in a garden and moves through ancestral and contemporary hometowns that shimmer between wholeness and severing. Poems consider illness, resurrection, tribal sovereignty, and language. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Severalty Volume 98 (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816554595
• ISBN 13: 9780816554591
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Severalty begins in a garden and moves through ancestral and contemporary hometowns that shimmer between wholeness and severing. In these poems, river currents tick with the intrusion of the clock’s lavish precincts. From powerfully compressed lyrical fragments to pulsing narrative sequences, Severalty shifts perspectives to examine devastation and healing, transience and seasonality, loss and resurrection.

With clear roots in her first two books of poetry, Tributaries and Instruments of the True Measure, this volume joins the author’s poetic trilogy with a deeply personal accounting of history, community, and selfhood.

Weaving the past and present into a stunning tapestry, this collection is a powerful testament to Indigenous endurance and creativity, offering readers a deeply insightful and necessary work.

About the Author

Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher who studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author of Tributaries, an American Book Award winner, and Instruments of the True Measure, a Washington State Book Award winner.