The Mind-Body Problem - Softcover

Katha Pollitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185411574X ISBN 13: 9781854115744

Publisher: Seren, 2012

Synopsis

"... a careful and skillful poet..." - Wales Arts Review

"Pollit has given us a satisfying collection." - Planet Magazine

The Mind-Body Problem introduces British readers to the much-praised and widely published American poet and essayist Katha Pollitt, who brings a distinctive blend of wit and lyricism to a profusion of subjects, sad, glad and everywhere in between.

Ranging across jumble-sales, Jane Austen, Chinese poets, birds and flowers and cats and dogs, New York City in its crumbling glory, mothers in the playground and hermits in the desert, Pollitt gives a modern, paradoxical twist to philosophical and political conundrums how do you write an anti-war poem that isn t also a pat on the back to the ever-so-sensitive poet? And in a brilliant central section, she reimagines biblical stories to give the last word to female characters like Matha and Lot's wife.

Admirers of Wislawa Szymborska will recognize a kindred spirit, balanced between amusement and melancholy at the endlessly fascinating world.

About this title

About the Author

Katha Pollitt is an American poet, essayist, and a prominent columnist for The Nation. She has won many prizes and awards for her work including the National Books Critics Circle Award for her first collection of poems, Antarctic Traveller, as well as for the American edition of this book; two National Magazine Awards for essays and criticism; and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Whiting Foundations. She is also the author of Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories and Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time. She lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seren
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185411574X
• ISBN 13: 9781854115744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84