F by Franz Wright

F by Franz Wright

In these riveting poems, Wright declares, I've said all that / I had to say. / In writing. / I signed my name. / It's death's move. As he considers his mortality, the poet finds a new elation and clarity on the page, handing over for our examination the flawed yet kneeling-in-gratitude self he has become. F stands both for Franz, the poet-speaker who represents all of us on our baffling lifelong journeys, and for the alphabet, the utility and sometimes brutality of our symbols. (It may be, he jokes grimly, his grade in life.) From Entries of the Cell, the long central poem that details the loneliness of the single soul, to short narrative prose poems and traditional lyrics, Wright revels in the compensatory power of language, observing the daytime headlights following a hearse, or the wind, blessing one by one the unlighted buds of the backbent peach tree's unnoted return. He is at his best in this beautiful and startling collection.

Wright, Franz: - Born in Vienna, Franz Wright is the author of ten full-length collections of poetry. Walking to Martha's Vineyard (Knopf 2003) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His collections Wheeling Motel, Earlier Poems, and God's Silence were published by Knopf in 2009, 2007, and 2006. Wright's other works include the recent chapbooks ENTRIES OF THE CELL (Marick Press, 2010), 7PROSE (Marick Press, 2010), LEAVE ME HIDDEN (Marick Press, 2010) and THE CATFISH (Marick Press, 2007), and the full-length collections The Beforelife (2001), Ill Lit: New and Selected Poems (1998), Rorschach Test (1995), The Night World and the Word Night (1993), and Midnight Postscript (1993). Mr. Wright has also translated poems by Rene Char, Erica Pedretti, and Rainer Maria Rilke. He has received the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, as well as grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Wright has taught in many colleges and universities, including Emerson College and the University of Arkansas. He is currently the writer-in-residence at Brandeis. He has also worked in a mental health clinic in Lexington, Massachusetts, and as a volunteer at the Center for Grieving Children.

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ISBN 13	9780375712159
ISBN 10	0375712151
Titel	F
Autor	Franz Wright
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-01-12
Seitenanzahl	96
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