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PublisherAlice James Books

ISBN-101948579014

ISBN-139781948579018

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038540429

Product Key Features

Book TitleTo the Wren : Collected and New Poems

Number of Pages650 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicSubjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, General, Subjects & Themes / Family, American / General

GenrePoetry

AuthorJane Mead

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight41.6 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width9.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-044242

Reviews"Mead ... wrote clean, spare, often elegiac lines" --The New York Times "I remember her calm voice, her kindness, the incisive clarity of her comments. And now, on the desk beside me, lies To the Wren: Collected and New Poems: 1991-2019 (2019), and although more work may well emerge from other files or rescued papers, no new Jane Mead poems will ever be written. Our imperfect compensation is the current volume, a beautifully designed compendium of finely crafted poems whose world is mortal, suffering, yet vividly alive." --Ned Balbo for Literary Matters "The natural world, in its bounty and brutality, is a grounding force for Mead, a reminder of a time scale beyond the human span" --Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Mead's versatility, scholarship, and curiosity contribute to the strength of her craft. . . . Her oeuvre is so spacious that it constantly invites journeys down imagined avenues." --The Rumpus, Previous Praise: "Mead propels readers forward, using plain language that's elegant in its simplicity yet compelling and heartbreaking. Even as she confronts grief and loss, the poet highlights the overriding theme of courage."--Library Journal, "Mead propels readers forward, using plain language that's elegant in its simplicity yet compelling and heartbreaking. Even as she confronts grief and loss, the poet highlights the overriding theme of courage." --Library Journal "The natural world, in its bounty and brutality, is a grounding force for Mead, a reminder of a time scale beyond the human span"--Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Mead's versatility, scholarship, and curiosity contribute to the strength of her craft. . . . Her oeuvre is so spacious that it constantly invites journeys down imagined avenues."--The Rumpus

SynopsisMead's poetry finds beauty in intense and often painful emotions, inviting the idea there is always light and strength within., This massive collection houses Mead's life's work: seven books spanning twenty-seven years. Follow chronologically through decades and become captivated by heartfelt muses on loss, madness, danger, grief, isolation, and self-identity. Her poems explore spaces we often try to ignore and finds a comfortable middleground. Mead candidly and openly weaves together pain and joy until it meshes into glimpses of humanity.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.E165 2019