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- Manual for Living
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
In this sixth collection by award-winning poet Sharon Dolin, Manual for Living offers three distinct approaches to life, each one riven by flashes of joy and despair, and all conditions in between. With a fresh slant on the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, the title section offers a part-serious, part tongue-in-cheek series of advice poems. An ekphrastic sequence based on the “black paintings” of Goya follows, as a darker meditation on life. The final section, “Of Hours,” is a contemporary sequence of psalms where the possibility for redemption in prayer exists. As in all of her work, Dolin’s lyric voice attends to language and the world equally. Her verbal sleights-of-hand offer readers insights for ways to live. Manual for Living is a wise book: drink deeply from it.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-viii
- I. Manual for Living
- Happiness Can Only Be Found Within
- pp. 15-16
- No One Can Hurt You
- p. 17
- Never Regret
- p. 26
- Your Will Is Always
- p. 32
- II. Black Paintings
- Pilgrimage
- p. 35
- Frail Pair
- p. 37
- Or, Judith
- p. 38
- The Fountain
- p. 44
- The Reading
- p. 45
- Duel with Clubs
- p. 46
- Two Old Folks Eating
- p. 47
- III. Of Hours
- How Many Dawns (5:30 a.m.)
- pp. 55-56
- Morse and Fractals (Dawn Blessings)
- pp. 57-59
- With Roses (6:30 a.m.)
- pp. 61-62
- Psalm of Morning Mist
- pp. 63-64
- Thistle and Hull (7 a.m.)
- pp. 65-66
- Rose/Boat (8 a.m.)
- pp. 68-69
- Blue Ladder (9 a.m.)
- p. 70
- Blue Window (10 a.m.)
- pp. 71-72
- Depth Lure Notebook (2 p.m.)
- pp. 77-78
- Moon Lilies (5:30 p.m.)
- pp. 82-83
- Thorny Bridge
- p. 87
- Nesting Book (Bedtime)
- pp. 88-90
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 93-100
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822981305
Related ISBN(s)
9780822964063
MARC Record
OCLC
944403045
Pages
107
Launched on MUSE
2016-03-15
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016
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