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Terra Firma (National Poetry Series)

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Terra Firma (National Poetry Series)

Thomas Centolella

Centolella's first poetry collection, selected by Denise Levertov, looks for wonder in the everyday and in the communal life of the Bay Area.

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Work Information

The poems stay grounded while reaching for the sacramental.

This debut collection balances meditative, intimate poems with a strong sense of place. It looks for a communal and redemptive dimension inside ordinary experience.

Book Information

Publisher
Copper Canyon Pr
Published
1990-05-01
Pages
80 pages
Language
英語
Size
15.24 x 0.51 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-13
9781556590306
ISBN-10
155659030X
Price
5477 JPY
Category
洋書/Literature & Fiction/History & Criticism/Criticism & Theory

Poems discuss growing up Catholic, pruning the garden, the poet's two grandmothers, the need to pay attention to what is taken for granted, and other subjects

Reviews

  • Complex poetry, dense with meaning & full of emotion. An enriching experience!

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