Never: Poems - Softcover

Graham, Jorie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060084723 ISBN 13: 9780060084721

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2003

Synopsis

Jorie Graham's collection of poems, Never, primarily addresses concern over our environment in crisis. One of the most challenging poets writing today, Graham is no easy read, but the rewards are well worth the effort. While thematically present, her concern is not exclusively the demise of natural resources and depletion of species, but the philosophical and perceptual difficulty in capturing and depicting a physical world that may be lost, or one that we humans have limited sight of and into. As she notes in "The Taken-Down God": "We wish to not be erased from the / picture. We wish to picture the erasure. The human earth and its appearance. / The human and its disappearance."

With a style that is fragmented and somewhat whirling--language dips and darts and asides are taken--Graham stays on point and presents an honest intellect at work, fumbling for an accurate understanding (or description) of the natural world, self-conscious about the limitations of language and perception.

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Review:

"Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have."--New York Times Book Review

"Graham's inventive, gracefully longitudinal, lush yet demanding meditations on the nature of being are exquisitely piquant and affecting."--Booklist

"[Never] shows Graham to be a most formidable nature poet, finding...perfect analogues for states of consciousness."--PublishersWeekly

"Graham is one of the most important living poets, and her control of her craft is undisputed."--Library Journal

[Never] shows Graham to be a most formidable nature poet, finding perfect analogues for states of consciousness. --PublishersWeekly"

Graham s inventive, gracefully longitudinal, lush yet demanding meditations on the nature of being are exquisitely piquant and affecting. --Booklist"

Graham s poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have. --New York Times Book Review"

Graham is one of the most important living poets, and her control of her craft is undisputed. --Library Journal"

About the Author:

Jorie Graham is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including The Dream of the Unified Field, which won the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she teaches at Harvard University. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer, the Forward Prize and the International Nonino Prize, Graham's work is widely translated.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060084723
• ISBN 13: 9780060084721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128