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Author_Laura Kasischke
blending reality and dream
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contemporary female poets
contemporary poetry collection
domestic and personal experience
domesticity and personal identity
dreamlike and surreal narratives
emotional and spiritual resonance
emotional resonance in poetry
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existential reflection in literature
existential themes in literature
experimental contemporary verse
exploration of motherhood
human perception and existence
human vulnerability in verse
interiority and consciousness in verse
intimate and personal poetic voice
introspective modern poetry
Laura Kasischke poetry
literary exploration of the everyday
lyrical narrative style
lyricism and narrative fusion
marriage and domestic life in poetry
middle age reflections
Midwest literary themes
modern American poetry
modern poetic expression
mortality and human experience
narrative and lyric verse
narrative storytelling in poems
ordinary experiences as subject matter
ordinary life transformed in poetry
poetic contemplation of life and death
poetic examination of ordinary moments
poetic examination of self
poetic exploration of human relationships
poetic fusion of logic and illogic
poetic imagery and symbolism
poetic rendering of time
poetry of ambiguity and paradox
psychological depth in poetry
psychological exploration in poetry
realism and fantasy in poetry
reflective and meditative verse
sexuality and desire in verse
spiritual and temporal themes
subtle and precise poetic observation
surreal and grounded poetry
surrealist poetry techniques
Product details
- ISBN 9781558493520
- Weight: 163g
- Dimensions: 155 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jun 2002
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The subject matter of these poems is ordinary: motherhood, marriage, sexuality, middle age, ambivalence, mortality, the Midwest. But in addressing these topics, Laura Kasischke finds and reveals the strangeness of the most common traditions and dilemmas. These are poems that work to fuse reality and dream, life and death, logic and illogic. Kasischke precisely renders the experience we have of ourselves as physical and time-bound beings existing in a psychological and spiritual realm that seems to have no barriers or laws. The poems in this collection are both narrative and lyric, grounded in reality but also surreal, at once fully realized and merely hinting at what might be.
LAURA KASISCHKE is the author of three previous books of poetry, Wild Brides, Housekeeping in a Dream, and Fire & Flower, and two novels, Suspicious River and White Bird in a Blizzard. Her new novel, The Life before Her Eyes, is forthcoming. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan.
