Woman Reading to the Sea: Poems [Hardcover]

Lisa Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2008

A new volume from the winner of the 2007 Barnard Women Poets Prize.

"Poems of arresting intelligence, precision, and beauty. In wonderfully crafted language, with the startling subtlety of certain of Emily Dickinson's poems, Lisa Williams takes us into eerily imagined worlds—the interior of a jellyfish, and the interior of a glacier; she beguiles us with the most seductive of poetic possibilities....This slender volume constitutes a journey of sorts, a pilgrimage 'out' that returns the questing poet, imagined as a companion 'you,' to her own life."—Joyce Carol Oates, prize citation

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Review

[Williams] takes the reader on a quest for authenticity amid the baubles of the world. (Poet Lore ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lisa Williams is the author of The Hammered Dulcimer and Woman Reading to the Sea. Her poetry has appeared in The New Republic, Poetry, and New England Review. She teaches at Centre College and lives in Danville, Kentucky.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (April 17, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393066436
• ISBN-13: 978-0393066432
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,457,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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