Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble - Softcover

Waldman, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143034200 ISBN 13: 9780143034209

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2004

Synopsis

The Stupa of Borobudur in Java is one of the architectural wonders of the world, designed as both a mandala and as an aid for the Buddhist pilgrim that can be read as a holy book. It has inspired Anne Waldman to create a work which is at once a walking meditation, a ?cultural intervention,? a ?recovery? of a sacred site, and a take on contemporary reality and how the busy ?monkey brain? (as it is called in Buddhism) works and travels. Exploratory and meditative, even playful at times, it expands the sense of invocation and incantation that Waldman is celebrated for, while also reflecting an engaged political/cultural awareness.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Waldman co-founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where she still teaches. Her poetry collections include Iovis I, Iovis II, Fast Speaking Woman, Helping the Dreamer, and Kill or Cure. She is a recipient of the Shelley Memorial Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0143034200
• ISBN 13: 9780143034209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 109