The Wise and Foolish Builders: Poems
Alexandra Teague
(Author)
Description
This chilling new collection by the author of Mortal Geography (winner of the California Book Award in poetry) is a verse exploration of American progress and its consequences, featuring rifle heiress Sarah Winchester and her unsettling Mystery House, with cameos by Harry Houdini, Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill and many other fascinating figures. Steeped in history yet wildly imaginative, these poems commune with Winchester's haunted legacy and that of westward expansion, connecting voices from a troubled past with their irrepressible present-day echoes. The Wise and Foolish Builders is an unmistakable accomplishment by a poet of remarkable formal skill and fantastic originality.Product Details
Price
$15.95
Publisher
Persea Books
Publish Date
May 01, 2015
Pages
96
Dimensions
6.9 X 0.4 X 8.8 inches | 0.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780892554607
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About the Author
Alexandra Teague is the author of two previous books of poetry--Mortal Geography, winner of Persea's 2009 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize and the 2010 California Book Award, and The Wise and Foolish Builders--and the novel The Principles Behind Flotation. She is also co-editor of Bullets into Bells: Poets and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence. A former Stegner Fellow and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Alexandra is a professor at University of Idaho.
Reviews
...the process of expansion and the state of never having enough are expertly envisioned and tested in Teague's powerful, relevant poems, which give us a glimpse of our past, and mirror our present. "
