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About Little Charlie Lindbergh and Other Poems
Margaret Randall
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Description for About Little Charlie Lindbergh and Other Poems
Paperback. Like earlier Margaret Randall poetry collections, this presents a unique poetic voice by a revered elder in the genre. These poems are all about making connections, many of them unexpected. Randall links national events with intimate family moments, ancient ruins with present-day communities, and prehistory with history. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
About Little Charlie Lindbergh, like earlier Margaret Randall poetry collections, presents a unique poetic voice by a revered elder in the genre. These poems are all about making connections, many of them unexpected. Randall links national events with intimate family moments, ancient ruins with present-day communities, and prehistory with history (making a convincing argument for the former as a part of the latter). Everyday speech and expressions that have become social cliches or advertising banter find their way into these poems and acquire the precision of literary elegance. Straightforward speech becomes passionate lyricism. This book gives lie to the notion ... Read more
About Little Charlie Lindbergh, like earlier Margaret Randall poetry collections, presents a unique poetic voice by a revered elder in the genre. These poems are all about making connections, many of them unexpected. Randall links national events with intimate family moments, ancient ruins with present-day communities, and prehistory with history (making a convincing argument for the former as a part of the latter). Everyday speech and expressions that have become social cliches or advertising banter find their way into these poems and acquire the precision of literary elegance. Straightforward speech becomes passionate lyricism. This book gives lie to the notion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
San Antonio, TX, United States
ISBN
9781609404031
SKU
V9781609404031
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About Margaret Randall
Margaret Randall is a feminist poet, writer, photographer, and social activist. She is the author of more than 100 books, including The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones, Sandino’s Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle, Stones Witnesses, and Their Backs to the Sea: Poems and Photographs, and the cofounder and coeditor of El Corno Emplumado/The Plumed Horn, a ... Read more
Reviews for About Little Charlie Lindbergh and Other Poems
Margaret Randall is an international treasure, and About Little Charlie Lindbergh may be her very best book. If you don't know her work, here's the place to start. . . . With wisdom and humor, with grace and pain and music and sanity, this is a poetry to live by." —Bob Holman, poet, Picasso in Barcelona " 'Harmony ... Read more