Fire Wheel (Akron Series in Poetry) [Perfect Paperback]

Sharmila Voorakkara (Author)

Book Description

Series: Akron Series in Poetry | Publication Date: June 1, 2005

Sharmila Voorakkara's family poems are tough-minded, sometimes angry, often elegiac, detailing the sad fate of her father who sells vacuum cleaners door to door, or serves as a night watchman, or takes up the holy life as an ascetic with begging bowl. An uncle takes a knife to his wife's face: "What mirror didn't throw back the reminder/ of what he could do if/ he willed it?"

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Sharmila is the 2003 Akron Poetry Prize Winner.

About the Author

Sharmila Voorkkara, a native of New Jersey, earned M.F.A in creative writing from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. A recipient of Hall Poetry Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, she is now an assistant professor of English at Ohio University. Fire Wheel is her first book.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 89 pages
• Publisher: University Of Akron Press (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931968217
• ISBN-13: 978-1931968218
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,131,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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