In this Book
All That Divides Us: Poems
Book
2003
Published by:
Utah State University Press
Series:
Swenson Poetry Award
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summary
Although the poems in this collection are not narrative, they do present a narrative, gradually unspooling the tale of the poet's rebel aunt, who left the family "to marry a Chinaman" in the 1930s. It's an old story, full of poignancy, mystery, family pride, and doubt. When the aunt returns to die, the poet, now grown, discovers in herself the need to reclaim the connections that her family had severed. She travels to China several times—to learn. Gradually, through wide-eyed insightful poems, we see the poet rebuild with her Chinese cousins a sense of generation, family, and humanity—bridging over all that divides us. Elinor Benedict has also received the Mademoiselle Fiction Prize, a Michigan Council for the Arts Award, and an Editor's Grant from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CLMP). She earned an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College and her work has also appeared in various literary journals and in five chapbooks.
Table of Contents

ONE: Begin the Ceremony
TWO: Strangers and Kin
THREE: In the Company of Magpies
FOUR: Looking for Grace
ISBN | 9780874213331 |
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Related ISBN(s) | 9780874214062 |
MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 51978103 |
Pages | 79 |
Launched on MUSE | 2012-01-01 |
Language | English |
Open Access | Yes |
Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC-ND |
Copyright
2000