Warscape, with Lovers (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) [Hardcover]

Marilyn Krysl (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 1997

CSU Poetry Center Prize Winner, 1996. Marilyn Krysl has found balance in places shaken by deprivation and injury. This is a beautiful book of poetry, not because it is lyrical (though it is), but because it treats suffering with love. It embraces what devours us. (Marvin Bell)

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"Marilyn Krysl has found balance in places shaken by deprivation and injury. This is a beautiful book of poetry, not because it is lyrical (though it is), but because it treats suffering with love. It embraces what devours us. It instructs us by example in the way that poetry can be centered, conscionable and intimate. I feel in this book the power of open eyes and open arms." --Marvin Bell

"Marilyn Krysl's poetry is funny, funky, tragic, brave, lyrical, humane, political, and full of surprises....She is still writing the liveliest sestinas in America." --Alicia Ostriker on Krysl's What We Have To Live With

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.Warscape with Lovers is Marilyn Krysl's seventh book of poetry, (her second, More Palomino, Please more Fuchisa , was published by the CSU Poetry Center in 1980); she has also published two volumes of fiction. Krysl's poems and stories have appeared in many journals and anthologies and have won various prizes including the 1994 Negative Capability Award for fiction and the 1995Spoon River Poetry Review for poetry. She has been the recipient of a residency at Yaddo, and grants from the Colorado Council of the Arts and Earthwatch. She is director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and coeditor of the literary journal Many Moutains Moving. Krysl has taught ESL in the People's Republic of China, served as Artist in Residence at the Center for Human Caring and worked as a volunteer for Peace Brigade International in Sri Lanka and at the Kalighat Home for the Destitute and Dying administered by Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity in Calcutta.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: Cleveland State University Poetry Center (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880834294
• ISBN-13: 978-1880834299
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 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: #7,433,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, searing poems, July 18, 2004

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This review is from: Warscape, with Lovers (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (Paperback)

WARSCAPE WITH LOVERS is one of my favorite books of poetry. Each poem is a gem--reflecting the author's deep empathy for humanity while revealing sometimes shocking and horrifying crimes against civilians and families in wartorn nations. Marilyn Krysl, in addition to her writing, is a peace activist, and her desire to show the senselessness of war is apparent in each poem. Beyond the political, her works are also incredibly beautiful--sensual, lyrical, at times humorous, always unforgettable. Some of my favorite poems were written about Krysl's work with Mother Teresa's Calcutta clinic for the dying. They are breathtaking works of art as Krysl gives dignity to even the poorest of the poor, and makes vivid the nuns whose work inspires her. This is not a religious book, but it does transcend the normal boundaries between the physical and spiritual world. For creative writers, I especially recommend this book, as its crystalline lyricism and precise imagery is indeed inspirational and something we all can aspire to.