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- Sand Theory: Poems
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
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The poems in Sand Theory, William Olsen’s fifth collection to date, bristle with intellect, sensitivity, and ambition. Engaging poets from William Blake to Theodore Roethke, Olsen takes aim at grand questions of spirituality, the instability of meaning, and the individual’s relationship with the natural world. Yet Olsen’s lithe and sinuous poems wear their metaphysical concerns lightly, shifting easily between the immediate perceptions of a passing moment and observations offered as if from a great distance, outside of time and space.
The energy of Olsen’s poems is generated by his ability to meld the intellectual and the emotional, the abstract and the concrete, into a seamless whole while maintaining a sense of wit and playfulness. Sand Theory cements Olsen’s standing as one of the most vital poets writing today, an audacious chronicler of “the supremely open moment.”
The energy of Olsen’s poems is generated by his ability to meld the intellectual and the emotional, the abstract and the concrete, into a seamless whole while maintaining a sense of wit and playfulness. Sand Theory cements Olsen’s standing as one of the most vital poets writing today, an audacious chronicler of “the supremely open moment.”
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Grocery Night
- pp. 7-8
- Dropping Off to Sleep
- pp. 9-18
- This Heaven
- pp. 10-13
- Harvest Midnight
- pp. 14-23
- Light or Dark Speech
- pp. 15-16
- Human Ashes
- pp. 17-18
- The Art of Goodness
- pp. 19-20
- Dune Grass
- pp. 21-22
- Good Night
- pp. 24-25
- The Nonsighting
- pp. 29-32
- Theology of a Mosquito
- pp. 33-42
- Long Distance Friends
- pp. 40-49
- Voice Road
- pp. 44-60
- Under Foot
- pp. 65-66
- The Days After the Day of the Dead
- pp. 67-76
- Sand Theory
- pp. 68-73
- Leaf Watching, for Landor
- pp. 74-83
- Essay on Craft
- pp. 75-78
- First Bible
- pp. 79-88
- Those Yachts
- pp. 80-81
- Waking Slow
- pp. 83-93
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810165458
Related ISBN(s)
9780810152175
MARC Record
OCLC
867786178
Pages
92
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011