В монографии исследована поэзия Варлама Шаламова в аспекте выражения творческой самоидентификации автора. Рассмотрено своеобразие его поэтического мира, пропущенного сквозь призму автобиографизма и дихотомии поэзия / проза. Выявлены некоторые точки соприкосновения с поэзией Серебряного века, русского зарубежья, авангардизмом. Основной акцент сделан на трансформации мотивно-образного комплекса поэзии А. Блока как нравственно-эстетической доминанте (тема «страшных лет России», модификации образа...
Powrót Dubravki Ugrešić – jednej z najciekawszych europejskich eseistek i komentatorek współczesnego świata. Zbiór sześciu esejów połączonych figurą lisa – traktowaną dosłownie lub metaforycznie. Autorka swobodnie przeskakuje między wątkami, zapraszając czytelnika w literacką podróż od Japonii przez Rosję i Bałkany, aż po Amerykę, umiejętnie wplatając w kolejne teksty wątki autobiograficzne. Lis to przejmująco prawdziwe studium geobiografii pisarki – wypędzonej z kraju i ze swej pierwszej...
Baltimore senior editor Ron Cassie has garnered national awards for his coverage of the death of Freddie Gray, sea-level rise on the Eastern Shore, and the opioid epidemic in Hagerstown. This collection of short stories, culled from a decade spent roaming around Charm City with a notebook in his back pocket, is different, however. They are of the kind of wide-ranging city writing and literary journalism that speaks directly to the fabric of a place. There are encounters with former Rep. Elijah...
Arji Manuelpillai hits the ground running with this debut and I freaking love it. His poems are funny, irreverent, hugely affecting. Hes fidgety, darts momentto moment youll rush after him, then suddenly find hes stopped, spun on his heel and youre face-to-face with his good-natured grin. Manuelpillai will dial up the volume just to whisper something damn beautiful beneath its surface. Every page of Mutton Rolls is tasty, and announces by increment a highly enjoyable new voice.' Wayne...
How You Might Know Me is a poetic exploration of four women's lives, connected through their experience in different areas of the UK's growing sex industry. Written following years of workshops and Sabrina's own experience of working in strip-clubs, the collection represents a broad range of backgrounds, ethnicities, ages and political convictions. The characters of Sylvia, Tali, Sharifa and Darina bring challenging and often unexpected perspectives on their work and lives to the...
This book of Zen poetry and art blends simple, haiku-like poetry with bold minimalist ink brush drawings.Zen Brushpoems connects the creative insights of Haiku-like poetry with the dynamic interplay of the written word and painted image. This subtle and profound medium of poetic expression has been inspired by the revolutionary work of artist Paul Reps.Each of the 100 brushpoems in this Zen art book is a statement, a declaration, an answer, and finally a question whose purpose is to evoke rather...