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Strange Angels
William Pitt Root
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Description for Strange Angels
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 213.
In this first major collection in nearly a decade from a revered American poet, William Pitt Root concerns himself with those extremes—spiritual, physical, or both—at which social and cultural forms disintegrate, leaving the individual as an unshielded witness to transitioning miracles that induce a state of awe that cannot be diminished, diverted, or ignored. In poem after poem, Root compels the reader to discover that these key moments require the heart to open and the mind to still in order to fully accept whatever results, whether it is to suffer inconsolably or to discover new facets of wisdom. With an ... Read more
In this first major collection in nearly a decade from a revered American poet, William Pitt Root concerns himself with those extremes—spiritual, physical, or both—at which social and cultural forms disintegrate, leaving the individual as an unshielded witness to transitioning miracles that induce a state of awe that cannot be diminished, diverted, or ignored. In poem after poem, Root compels the reader to discover that these key moments require the heart to open and the mind to still in order to fully accept whatever results, whether it is to suffer inconsolably or to discover new facets of wisdom. With an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
San Antonio, TX, United States
ISBN
9781609403195
SKU
V9781609403195
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About William Pitt Root
William Pitt Root is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Reasons for Going It on Foot, The Storm and Other Poems, and Trace Elements from a Recurring Kingdom: The First Five Books of William Pitt Root. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and has been funded by the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the National Endowment ... Read more
Reviews for Strange Angels
Root's poetry looks at the world through the poet's compassionate and ever-inquisitive mind. Root goes underground, down in the dirt, to do real work of poetry, of literature and the arts.... His prolific and visionary work is even better luck for all of us interested in hearing his continued conversations with the peoples and places of the American West." —James ... Read more