Timber and Prayer
The Indian Pond Poems
Published on 15. April 1996
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-8229-3873-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Weaver's life studies and lyrics are imbued with a vivid sense of language, a vivid sense of the world, a vivid sense of their inseparability. And his tonal range-from unabashed passion to the subtlest velleity-is impressive indeed. This is a singular talent."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Reviews / Votes
Weaver's life studies and lyrics are imbued with a vivid sense of language, a vivid sense of the world, a vivid sense of their inseparability. And his tonal range-from unabashed passion to the subtlest velleity-is impressive indeed. This is a singular talent. * Henry Louis Gates, Jr. * The poems are challenging in that they are neither superficial nor immediately evident. . . .his authentic black voice invests every line with added meaning. * <i>VQR</i> * [Weaver] explores and rethinks questions of identity-that greate American subject. Over the years, Michael Weaver has listened to a chorus of other voices, the inflections of the past, as they have come together to shape and enlarge his own distincitive, musical voice. . .He has carved a unique space for himself in contemporary American poetry. * Edward Hirsh *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Pittsburgh PA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8229-3873-6 (9780822938736)
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Person
Afaa Michael Weaver is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Timber and Prayer: The Indian Pond Poems; My Father's Geography; The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005; The Government of Nature, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award ; and City of Eternal Spring, winner of the Phyllis Wheatley Book Award. He is alumnae professor of English at Simmons College in Boston. Weaver is the recipient of an NEA fellowship, a Pew fellowship, four Pushcart Prizes, and a Fulbright scholar appointment, among other honors. In 1998, he became the first Elder of the Cave Canem Foundation.