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Passenger (Contemporary Poetry (Univ of Georgia Paperback))
Susan Maxwell
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Paperback. Influenced by the author's experiences as a relief worker in a Croatian refugee camp at the height of the Bosnian War in the 1990s, these poems with tender voices document a nameless, mythological war that has collapsed the boundaries between contemporary and ancient history and between personal memory and folklore. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 163.
The poems in ""Passenger"" shift between the mythology of the Middle East and the bombed-out cities of the former Yugoslavia, the ancient Roman tale of Romulus and Remus, the choreography of murder, and the hawking of grisly war memorabilia on destroyed city streets. Influenced by Susan Maxwell's experiences as a relief worker in a Croatian refugee camp at the height of the Bosnian War in the 1990s, these poems document a nameless, mythological war that has collapsed the boundaries between contemporary and ancient history and between personal memory and folklore. The poems' tender voices wake to find themselves fused to ... Read more
The poems in ""Passenger"" shift between the mythology of the Middle East and the bombed-out cities of the former Yugoslavia, the ancient Roman tale of Romulus and Remus, the choreography of murder, and the hawking of grisly war memorabilia on destroyed city streets. Influenced by Susan Maxwell's experiences as a relief worker in a Croatian refugee camp at the height of the Bosnian War in the 1990s, these poems document a nameless, mythological war that has collapsed the boundaries between contemporary and ancient history and between personal memory and folklore. The poems' tender voices wake to find themselves fused to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820327747
SKU
V9780820327747
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About Susan Maxwell
Susan Maxwell earned her BA in Peace and Conflict studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her work has been featured in such publications as Verse, American Letters & Commentary, Fence, VOLT, and River City Magazine, and she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2004 for the poem ""Plural ... Read more
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