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- Ark
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
- Series: Kuhl House Poets
summary
John Isles's Ark is about the people and events that pass through a life, leaving a void; about finding a presence in that absence and waking up to the realities of the present moment. It is concerned, at its watery heart, with discovery and confrontation, uncovering and witnessing, whether it be the new world, “the world behind every blouse,” or the tender mysteries that can only be seen through the eyes of belief: that which “starts the wild grasses trembling.”
With its deft maneuvers through both a historical and an emotional landscape, Ark speaks to us with a truly contemporary voice of authoritative vulnerability while never faltering into sentimental digressions. This uncanny authority at the helm of our ark continually surprises us, unfolding its lyrical gems and treasures culled along the journey, letting us in on the inscrutable facts of this life.
With its deft maneuvers through both a historical and an emotional landscape, Ark speaks to us with a truly contemporary voice of authoritative vulnerability while never faltering into sentimental digressions. This uncanny authority at the helm of our ark continually surprises us, unfolding its lyrical gems and treasures culled along the journey, letting us in on the inscrutable facts of this life.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- I
- Static Report
- p. 4
- Carrion Days
- p. 5
- Out of the Past
- pp. 7-8
- Small Traveling Islands
- pp. 10-11
- General Trees
- p. 12
- II
- West of Here, North of True
- pp. 17-18
- City Upon a Hill
- p. 20
- New World Narratives
- pp. 22-23
- The Night-Flier’s Song
- pp. 25-26
- Natural History
- p. 28
- Every City
- pp. 29-30
- III
- How the Dead Kiss
- pp. 33-42
- IV
- The Wounded Angel
- p. 46
- Our Daughter
- p. 47
- Impossible Garden
- p. 48
- Like Freedom
- p. 50
- Outlaws, According to the Movies
- pp. 51-52
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587294457
Related ISBN(s)
9780877458609
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
56109477
Pages
68
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2003