
Past Imperfect
David Olsen(Author)
Cinnamon Press
Published on 4. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-78864-043-5 (ISBN)
Description
Past Imperfect is a three-part exploration of the imperfections and failures of memory. In the first section, 'The Edge of Forgetting' is concerned with the half-remembered and the futility of efforts to give memories permanence. The second section, 'Penumbra', deals with failures of neglectful public policy, particularly with respect to social injustice and issues of war and peace. In the third part, 'Available Light', works of art are considered as efforts to express the workings of imagination and preserve creations of consciousness. This section is more than a collection of ekphrases; it is, instead, an evocation of 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' of a life in the arts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Blaenau Ffestiniog
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
114 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78864-043-5 (9781788640435)
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Person
David Olsen is a poet, essayist and playwright. A native of California, he has been widely published on both sides of the Atlantic and is the author of several poetry chapbooks. His first full collection, Unfolding Origami, was published by Cinnamon Press. Now a long-time resident of Oxford, David continues to write and publish.