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The Palace of Bones
Allison Eir Jenks
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Description for The Palace of Bones
Paperback. This collection of poems presents an often stark and startling vision of the way we live, the places we inhabit, and the relics we make to comfort ourselves. Series: Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Num Pages: 82 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
The Palace of Bones by Allison Eir Jenks is an often stark and startling vision of the way we live, the places we inhabit, and the relics we make to comfort ourselves.
Haunted by a quiet, unquenchable longing, Jenks expertly and calmly guides the reader through a vivid dreamscape in this first full-length collection of poems.
The Palace of Bones was selected by final judge and Pulitzer Prize winner Carolyn Kizer. At once dark in its vision and light in its tone, this remarkable book is its author’s self-confident invitation for us to join her in a world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
Series
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821414248
SKU
V9780821414248
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Allison Eir Jenks
Allison Eir Jenks is an assistant professor at North Central College in Naperville, where she teaches creative writing. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Miami, where she was a James A. Michener Fellow.
Reviews for The Palace of Bones
“Europeans often accuse us of lacking a tragic sense. I commend to them, and to you, Allison Jenks, in all her subtlety and strength.” “Allison Eir Jenks is an inordinately, almost indecently gifted poet who must be read.”