What the Lyric Is - Softcover

Sara, Nicholson

 
9780996778619: What the Lyric Is
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0996778616 ISBN 13: 9780996778619
Publisher: The Song Cave, 2016

Synopsis

"Freely admitting of what they do not know, these poems act as nonpology to the world that will not read them and frank lyric to all who are bold and fortunate enough to enjoy them." -Jae Choi

Sara Nicholson's second poetry collection, What the Lyric Is, is a sharp, humorous and poignant exploration of how the lyric in poetry both fits and fails us. Conversant with dead poets, but skeptical of their conceits, Nicholson mixes lightness with melancholy in poems with titles like "Dante in Arkansas": "My breath's been / Doomed to harmonize with fog." What the Lyric Is turns the pastoral tradition upside down, ever careful to remind us of the price for all this reflection and merriment-"Acorns are beautiful only to those / Who've never had to clean them up."
Sara Nicholson is the author of What the Lyric Is and The Living Method, both from The Song Cave. She lives in Boise, Idaho.

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About the Author

Sara Nicholson is the author of THE LIVING METHOD (2014) and WHAT THE LYRIC IS (2016), both published by The Song Cave. She lives in Arkansas.

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Publisher
The Song Cave
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0996778616
ISBN 13 
9780996778619
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112