Living At The Epicenter (Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize) [Paperback]

Allison Funk (Author), Sonia Sanchez (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize | Publication Date: November 2, 1995

Winner of the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

"It was not the end of the world,/but it might have been/for all they knew." Life at the epicenter is both scary and exciting. In the title poem of this volume, an epigraph tells of Eliza Bryan, of New Madrid, Missouri, whose descriptions of the major earthquakes that shook the region in 1811 and 1812 have survived: "2 A.M. she wakes to a babel of trees/wind and windfowl, stones/and a hollow thunder confounded." The images are grim: the Mississippi "like an animal in heat"; the wrecked boats torn from their moorings."Nothing's familiar." Yet to Funk, it is all too familiar, hardly far from her thoughts, or our own, what with the turbulent scenes we witness throughout television's global village. The power of nature is before our eyes every day?sometimes we notice; sometimes we notice only when it shakes us up. To Funk's credit, she appreciates the natural world. With Eliza Bryan and a pen in hand, she tries to tell us what she has learned: "how in the middle of the night/the world we've known/can open up without warning,/all of nature/begin speaking in tongues." Highly recommended.?Louis McKee, Painted Bride Arts Ctr., Philadelphia
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Northeastern; First Printing edition (November 2, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555532470
• ISBN-13: 978-1555532475
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,072,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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