Light's Battered Edge: Poems
Diane Sahms-Guarnieri
(Author)
Anna Faktorovich
(Designed by)
Description
"The familiar Gospel song may reassure us that, 'His eye is on the sparrow, ' but for those at the battered edges of our society, too often it doesn't seem that way. Here, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri catches sight of 'a sparrow by its own forgotten self, ' and that sparrow stands in for other 'forgotten' ones: the homeless, the wrecked, the ill, a family of forebears 'visited' by comprehensive Job-like 'Misery.' Even as she shows us 'light's battered edges, ' however, Sahms-Guarnieri makes us sharply aware of 'life playing/ disharmoniously and harmoniously': love so close it's 'like being safely snug inside/ the lining of another's skin'; earth itself surrendering 'to each/ sunset' 'in a thankful swaying sort of way'; a soul snatched up animistically, 'lifting, lifting, lifting into light.' These compelling poems leave us disquieted, as much by beauty as by sorrow." -Nathalie F. Anderson, Author of Quiver; Professor, Swarthmore College "Think of the spirit of place as the frame of memory shaping language, of the perpetual soliloquy of being who you are in counterpoint with echoing phrases others have uttered at or to you, and you will have some idea of the chant and enchantment of the poems gathered in Light's Battered Edge. There are some hard truths in these poems-about abusive spouses, about the wear and tear of caring for others. But underlying it all is the sense of what love really means." -Frank Wilson, Books, Inq.; The EpilogueProduct Details
Price
$15.00
Publisher
Anaphora Literary Press
Publish Date
October 20, 2015
Pages
96
Dimensions
6.0 X 0.23 X 9.0 inches | 0.33 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781681142173
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About the Author
Anna Faktorovich is the Director and Founder of the Anaphora Literary Press. She is currently teaching college English at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Previously, she taught for three years at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the Middle Georgia State College. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and Criticism. She published two academic books with McFarland: Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson (2013) and The Formulas of Popular Fiction: Elements of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Religious and Mystery Novels (2014). She published two poetry collections Improvisational Arguments (Fomite Press, 2011) and Battle for Athens (Anaphora, 2012). She also released two historical novels: The Romances of George Sand (2014), and The Battle for Democracy (2016). She published two fantasy novellas with Grim's Labyrinth Publishing: The Great Love of Queen Margaret, the Vampire (2014) and The Campaigns against the Olden: Kingdoms of Laruta (2014). She also wrote and illustrated a children's book, The Sloths and I (Anaphora, 2013). She has been editing and writing for the independent, tri-annual Pennsylvania Literary Journal since 2009, and started the second Anaphora periodical, Cinematic Codes Review in 2016. She has presented her research at the MLA, SAMLA, EAPSU, SWWC, BWWC and many other conferences. She won the MLA Bibliography, Kentucky Historical Society and Brown University Military Collection fellowships.