Speech Crush - by Sandra McPherson (Paperback)

Name: Speech Crush - by Sandra McPherson (Paperback)
Brand: Gunpowder Press
SKU: 1007913334
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Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing a broken vessel with lines of tree sap and gold, the poems in Sandra McPherson's new book, Speech Crush, run a vein of intelligence and attention through often harrowing experiences-of deep loss, of scammers and self-immolators, of institutionalization and separations that rival those of Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art.
Author(s): Sandra McPherson
120 Pages
Poetry, American

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Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing a broken vessel with lines of tree sap and gold, the poems in Sandra McPherson's new book, Speech Crush, run a vein of intelligence and attention through often harrowing experiences-of deep loss, of scammers and self-immolators, of institutionalization and separations that rival those of Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art." And like the work of Bishop and Leonard Cohen, two poets whose long practice led us to a place whose gates are suffering and wisdom, McPherson's poems ask us to take into ourselves a wrecked, a transformed beauty. Here it is.

- Jordan Smith, author of Little Black Train and Common Spirits

Readers intimately acquainted with Sandra McPherson's vivid, metaphorical voice and her wise poetic conscience over the decades-as well as readers encountering her soul-stirring poems of the environment for the first time, or delighted by her daughter's precise musicality in the title poem-will receive blessings beyond measure from Speech Crush. This dazzling treasury celebrates the bejeweled fruitfulness of a woman's life-journey with the strength and tenderness of a redwood's annular rings. This book is a rare and tremendous gift.

- Karen An-hwei Lee, author of Rose is a Verb: Neo-Georgics, Sonata in K, Phyla of Joy, Ardor, and In Medias Res

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .28 Inches (D)

Weight: .41 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 120

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: American

Publisher: Gunpowder Press

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Sandra McPherson

Language: English

Street Date: October 2, 2022

TCIN: 1007913334

UPC: 9781957062044

Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-2028

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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