Angel Of Obsession (Arkansas Poetry Award) - Softcover

Julie Suk (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557282471 ISBN 13: 9781557282477

Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, 1992

Synopsis

Winner of the 1991 Arkansas Poetry Award, 1992 Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award, and 1993 Bess Hokin Prize

Others may lament the uncertainties and disappointments of life, but Julie Suk, winner of the second annual Arkansas Poetry Award, embraces its tumult. Turning from the unsullied angels and the paradises captured by generations of artists, these poems focus instead on those who have abandoned heaven for the world of such mundane matters as family, loneliness, love, and loss. Rousing us to the passion and wonder that define our essential humanity, The Angel of Obsession celebrates the full, ragged canvas of living.

Suk's poetry has previously appeared in The Georgia Review, The Midwest Quarterly, Southern Humanities Review, Poetry, and other important literary magazines. The Angel of Obsession was selected for publication from a field of more than five hundred entries by the poet John Stone.

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About the Author

Julie Suk is the author of six books of poetry and the coeditor of Bear Crossings: an Anthology of North American Poets. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals including Poetry, The Georgia Review, The Laurel Review, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, and TriQuarterly. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her awards include the Roanoke-Chowan Award, the Brockman-Campbell Award, the Bess Hokin Prize from Poetry magazine. She is a former managing editor of Southern Poetry Review.

From the Back Cover

1992 Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award
1993 Bess Hokin Prize, Poetry magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557282471
• ISBN 13: 9781557282477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88