The poems in Sweet Gothic weave together themes of adoption, motherhood, yearning, family, and teaching in an intricate pattern that might leave one quivering, as one reviewer attests. As the title Sweet Gothic infers, the book is filled with binaries: light and dark, life and death, lost and found, known and unknown, music and silence.
The poem ""In Between"" suggests we all live somewhere in the middle. This poetry collection negotiates that middle ground. Like her necklace-making ancestor celebrated in the last poem of the book, Tennant strings together these images and narratives in a way that celebrates the power of art and helps us find our place in the midst of the contradictions around us.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
mit Schutzumschlag
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 145 mm
Dicke: 9 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
979-8-3852-0080-1 (9798385200801)
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Colette Tennant is an English professor in Oregon. She has two previous books of poetry: Commotion of Wings (2010) and Eden and After (2015). Her Religion in The Handmaid's Tale: A Brief Guide was published in September 2019 to coincide with publication of The Testaments. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including Prairie Schooner, Rattle, and Poetry Ireland Review.
