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Poems

De: Souvankham Thammavongsa

Narrado por: Souvankham Thammavongsa

Duración: 22 m

Resumen del Editor

A beautiful re-issued edition of poetry from the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of How To Pronounce Knife

FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

“In 1978, my parents lived in building #48. Nong Khai, Thailand, a Lao refugee camp. My father kept a scrapbook filled with doodles, addresses, postage stamps, maps, measurements. He threw it out and when he did, I took it and found this.”

Built out of doodles, diagrams, and drawings, this is a work characterized by the elegance and power of its bareness. These poems use blank spaces and small print. Their language is exquisitely precise in detail, and every letter, gesture, break, line, and shape becomes a place of real meaning. Here, the intention is to let us see, as well as to hold back much of what we see.

First published in 2007, Souvankham Thammavongsa's remarkable second collection was acclaimed for its originality and cemented her reputation as a poet with a rare, astonishing gift.

©2007 Souvankham Thammavongsa (P)2023 McClelland & Stewart

Reseñas de la Crítica

“One of the most striking voices to emerge in Canadian poetry in a generation.”—The Walrus"