Eavan Boland is considered one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century by Poetry Review. This stunning new collection, A Woman Without a Country, looks at how we construct one ather and how nationhood and history can weave through, reflect, and define the life of an individual. Themes of mother, daughter, and generation echo throughout these extraordinary poems, as they examine how-even without country or settled identity-a legacy of love can endure. From Talking to my Daughter Late at Night We have a tray, a pot of tea, a scone. This is the hour When one thing pours itself into ather: The gable of our house stored in shadow. A spring planet bending ice Into an absolute of light. Your childhood ended years ago. There is No path back to it.
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Publisher
Ww Norton & Co
ISBN-10
039324444x
ISBN-13
9780393244441
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208917629
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Author
Eavan Boland
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies
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Place of Publication
New York
Author Biography
Eavan Boland is the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry and nonfiction. A professor and the director of the creative writing program at Stanford University, she is the winner of a Lannan Foundation Award. She lives in Stanford, California, and Dublin, Ireland.