The Disappearing Letters [Paperback]

Carol Edelstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Carol Edelstein's new book of poetry, The Disappearing Letters, approaches familiar poetic themes -- love and loss -- with intuitive animation. "Zeal is dominant and praise a signature," says Pattiann Rogers about Edelstein's new book. The poet takes a direct view of the oblique and a slanted look at the obvious, creating a landscape with springs of great joy and also dry places where loss, wistfully remembered, is confronted and transcended. Edelstein is a poet of the first order; she can harness her innate spontaneity to produce finely wrought, imaginative poetry. The Disappearing Letters is an elegy to what's come before us and a celebration of the living.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The voice of wonder in these poems is infectious. --Pattiann Rogers

Refusing to go gentle, The Disappearing Letters decries fading and flaunts perseverance --Stephen Corey

About the Author

Carol Edelstein lives within a mile of where she was born, in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her first book, The World Is Round (Amherst Writers and Artists Press), was published in 1994. She has had fiction, essays, and poems in magazines and anthologies, including the Denver Quarterly, Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Flash Fiction. Edelstein leads writing workshops and organizes a reading series that features local writers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Perugia Press (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096604598X
• ISBN-13: 978-0966045987
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,094,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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