Nortada, the North Wind [Paperback]

M Y Valladares (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 23, 2005

Poetry by Michelle Yasmine Valladares, born in India, rasied in Kuwait. This is her first boo

Product Details

• Paperback: 84 pages
• Publisher: Global City Press (February 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887369171
• ISBN-13: 978-1887369176
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,869,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A gifted insight to deeper understanding of seemingly mundane happenstance, August 10, 2005

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This review is from: Nortada, the North Wind (Global City Review) (Paperback)

Award-winning film producer Michelle Yasmine Valladares is heir to three cultures and three worlds, having spent her childhood in India, Kuwait and Arizona. Her poetry in Nortada, The North Wind is intertwined with complex themes transcending ingrained limitations; though brief, they offer a gifted insight to deeper understanding of seemingly mundane happenstance. Many of these free-verse poems are dedicated to individuals. Though Nortada, The North Wind can be read in a single sitting, it inspires close perusal, careful re-reading, and quiet contemplation at length. "The Table Maker's Dream" (for Jackson Pranikoff): I woke to a song, wood, wood, wood, / a long table stretching beyond. // Yanagi says, / It is not the I that draws a picture / or weaves a cloth, but / picture draws picture, / cloth weaves cloth. // It is not the I carving wood, / but the wood in the I.