Diamonds (9781950774654)
Hardcover 90 pages English October 05, 2021
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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:
- Not Available
- Publisher:
- BOA Editions
- Publication Date:
- October 05, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 90 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1950774651
- ISBN-13:
- 9781950774654