Name: 3 Sections
ISBN: 9781555977160

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Forms of Reflection

Poems move between lyric, meditation, and prose essay, thinking through history, uncertainty, and time.

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Shifts from rhyming lyric to philosophical meditation and prose essay
Poetry that takes contemporary life’s divisions seriously

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A contemplative look at a wayward history and an indeterminate future
A recurring longing to out-think time

Book Details

Authors: Vijay Seshadri
Publisher: Graywolf
Published: January 6, 2015
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Asian American Poetry · Place Poetry
Reading lane: Asian American Poetry

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American Poetry

About This Book

The winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, now in paperback First I had three apocalyptic visions, each more terrible than the last. The graves open, and the sea rises to kill us all. Then the doorbell rang, and I went downstairs and signed for two packages— —from "This Morning" In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indet...

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The winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, now in paperback First I had three apocalyptic visions, each more terrible than the last. The graves open, and the sea rises to kill us all. Then the doorbell rang, and I went downstairs and signed for two packages— —from "This Morning" In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a perpetual longing to out-think time. This is a vital book by one of America's best poets.