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A Common Name for Everything - by  Sarah Wolfson (Paperback) - 1 of 1

A Common Name for Everything - by Sarah Wolfson (Paperback)

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  • The poems in A Common Name for Everything build idiosyncratic worlds around the themes of nature, home, parenting, and naming--worlds that are at once poignant and absurd: a professional namer of lakes explains his standards; the rural gods are given names; a study of sheep results in loneliness.
  • About the Author: Sarah Wolfson's poems have appeared in Canadian and American journals including The Fiddlehead, AGNI, Michigan Quarterly Review, PRISM international, and TriQuarterly--and they have twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
  • 80 Pages
  • Poetry, Subjects & Themes

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The poems in A Common Name for Everything build idiosyncratic worlds around the themes of nature, home, parenting, and naming--worlds that are at once poignant and absurd: a professional namer of lakes explains his standards; the rural gods are given names; a study of sheep results in loneliness. Steeped in sound play and borrowing academic language to create a specimen lens, these poems bask in the local as they seek to name even the commonest earthly things.



About the Author



Sarah Wolfson's poems have appeared in Canadian and American journals including The Fiddlehead, AGNI, Michigan Quarterly Review, PRISM international, and TriQuarterly--and they have twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She holds an MFA from the University of Michigan. Originally from Vermont, she now lives in Montreal, where she teaches at McGill University.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .2 Inches (D)
Weight: .25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 80
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Subjects & Themes
Publisher: Green Writers Press
Theme: Nature
Format: Paperback
Author: Sarah Wolfson
Language: English
Street Date: September 5, 2019
TCIN: 1008943032
UPC: 9781950584130
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-3822
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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