Homage to Paul Celan

Waldrep, G.C. & Ilya Kaminsky (editors)

ISBN 10: 1934851353 / ISBN 13: 9781934851357

Published by Marick Press, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, 2011

8vo, 297 pp. Seller Inventory # 118537

Synopsis:

If there is a country named Celania-as Julia Kristeva once proposed-its holy texts are filled with doubt, and they overcome this doubt almost successfully, with words of wrenching, uncompromised beauty...The book in your hands is not intended to become one of those heavy scholarly tomes that serve as a "proof" of one's position in the literary/academic hierarchy. Rather, this is a collection of various works, directed at, or inspired by, the words of Paul Celan. What we wanted to make was a living anthology, in which authors observe the poet's work, read it deeply, penetrate and discuss it, but also play with it, remake it, and attempt to fit it into their own worldviews. A great poet is not someone who speaks in stadiums to a thousand listeners. A great poet is a very private person. In his privacy this poet creates a language in which he is able to speak, privately, to many people at the same time.

About the Authors: Ilya Kaminsky is the author of DANCING IN ODESSA (Tupelo Press) and co-editor of A GOD IN THE HOUSE: POETS TALK ABOUT FAITH (Tupelo Press) and Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (Harper Collins). He has received Whiting Writers Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award, and Lannan Fellowship.

G. C. Waldrep's most recent collections are ARCHICEMBALO (Tupelo Press; winner of the Dorset Prize) and Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (BOA Editions Ltd.; in collaboration with John Gallaher). He lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he teaches at Bucknell University, edits the journal West Branch, and serves as Editor-at-Large for The Kenyon Review.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Homage to Paul Celan
Publisher: Marick Press, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: softcover
Condition: Fine copy
Edition: 1st.