Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse
Sholeh Wolpé
(Author)
Description
Albert Einstein said, "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." It is in this vein that Sholeh Wolpé's mesmerizing memoir in verse unfolds. In this lyrical and candid work, her fifth collection of poems, Wolpé invokes the abacus as an instrument of remembering. Through different countries and cultures, she carries us bead by bead on a journey of loss and triumph, love and exile. In the end, the tally is insight, not numbers, and we arrive at a place where nothing is too small for gratitude.
Product Details
Price
$17.95
$16.69
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Publish Date
March 21, 2022
Pages
124
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781682261989
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About the Author
Sholeh Wolpé is an Iranian American poet, translator, playwright. She is the award-winning author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Keeping Time with Blue Hyacinths, Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad, and The Conference of the Birds. Currently a writer-in-residence at the University of California, Irvine, Wolpé has lived in Iran, Trinidad, and the United Kingdom. She presently resides in Los Angeles and Barcelona.
