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Strings Attached (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Diane Decillis
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Description for Strings Attached (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Paperback. Poems that consider threads of emotional attachment and separation against a backdrop of art, food, and Lebanese culture. Series: Made in Michigan Writers. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
In Strings Attached, poet Diane DeCillis takes inspiration from the story of the elephant calf with a thin rope tied to its leg. Even when it grows into a massive animal, the elephant thinks the same string still restrains it and never attempts to break free. This powerful, funny and sometimes self-deprecating collection considers all the ways that strings bind us in relationships and explores their constant tightening and loosening. Although we may never sever the strings attached to our wounds, DeCillis shows that when given enough slack we can create the illusion of having been set free.
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In Strings Attached, poet Diane DeCillis takes inspiration from the story of the elephant calf with a thin rope tied to its leg. Even when it grows into a massive animal, the elephant thinks the same string still restrains it and never attempts to break free. This powerful, funny and sometimes self-deprecating collection considers all the ways that strings bind us in relationships and explores their constant tightening and loosening. Although we may never sever the strings attached to our wounds, DeCillis shows that when given enough slack we can create the illusion of having been set free.
The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Made in Michigan Writers
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814340134
SKU
V9780814340134
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About Diane Decillis
Diane DeCillis’s poetry has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and Best American Poetry. She was awarded the Crucible Poetry Prize and Ocean Prize and won the MacGuffin National Poet Hunt. Her work has appeared in CALYX, The North Atlantic Review, Nimrod International Journal, Connecticut Review, Gastronomica and numerous other journals. She is co-editor of Mona Poetica, an anthology dedicated ... Read more
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