In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame (Stahlecker Selections) - Softcover

Guez, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945588373 ISBN 13: 9781945588372

Publisher: Four Way Books, 2019

Synopsis

A close look at the rigors of our current cultural moment, In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame offers readers a way to navigate vital questions: what does it mean to be "secure"? How do we make art amid complexity? In Guez's debut, readers will witness realities of income inequality, climate change, and the opioid epidemic alongside a series of reliable antidotes: art, music, humor, and love. "Have we made it across the vast plain of night?" asks one poem. No, not quite. There is more night, but there is singing, too. Rich in its sophisticated engagement of a "still life" series, dilemmas large and small, political and personal, are treated with generosity, curiosity, and a precise investigation of the heart.

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About the Author

Julia Guez's poetry, essays, interviews and translations have appeared in Poetry, the Guardian, PEN Poetry Series, the Kenyon Review, BOMB and the Brooklyn Rail. She has been awarded the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, a Fulbright Fellowship and the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize in Translation. Guez holds degrees from Rice and Columbia. For the last decade, she has worked with Teach For America; she's currently a managing director of programming there. She also teaches creative writing at Rutgers and writes poetry reviews for Publishers Weekly. Guez lives in Brooklyn.

Edition details

• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1945588373
• ISBN 13: 9781945588372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84