Diamonds (9781950774456)
Paperback 88 pages English 5-Oct-21
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Diamonds presents a woman in midlife on the edge. In hilarious and heartbreaking poems, Camille Guthrie writes about the trials and surprises of divorce, parenting, country life--and the difficulties and delights of being alone, looking at art, and falling in love. Witty resilience abounds in these irreverent poems about grief and desire--in which the poet meditates upon gender roles, history, pop culture, and academia. Guthrie subverts and teases traditional forms in an elegy about Sylvia Plath's prom dress, a dating profile for Hieronymus Bosch, a sestina about beauty and power--with radical dramatic monologues in the voices of Madame du Barry, a Pict Woman, and more. Unlike Virgil, who refuses to guide this poet through her journey at midlife, Guthrie leads readers by the hand into a provoking, affecting journey of a break-up and a reconciliation with love.
- Author:
- Camille Suzanne Guthrie
- Publisher:
- BOA Editions Ltd.
- Publication Date:
- 5-Oct-21
- Number of pages:
- 88 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1950774457
- ISBN-13:
- 9781950774456