BOOKS - Strange Angels
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Strange Angels
Author: William Pitt Root
Year: January 1, 2013
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.6 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 2013
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.6 MB
Language: English
In this first major collection in nearly a decade from a revered American poet, William Pitt Root concerns himself with those extremes - spiritual, physical, or both - at which social and cultural forms disintegrate, leaving the individual as an unshielded witness to transitioning miracles that induce a state of awe that cannot be diminished, diverted, or ignored. In poem after poem, Root compels the reader to discover that these key moments require the heart to open and the mind to still in order to fully accept whatever results, whether it is to suffer inconsolably or to discover new facets of wisdom. With an imagery that is by turns beautiful, tender, provocative, and terrifying, this collection signals the triumphant return of a poet of national renown.