A Howling - 9781950413683

A Howling by Susan Blair weaves together poems about natural phenomena-squirrels, frogs, deer, mud-skippers, assassin bugs, etc.-with those about grief, family dysfunction, and remorse. These poems have a candid directness, an unabashed and unadorned honesty. The grief poems are enacted with a sure empathy and precision, making them both poignant and moving. The nature poems prove how porous and entwined our interactions with the natural world are. Blair tells her truths with a stark clarity whose aim isn't self-embellishment, but truthfulness in all its muddy, squishy complexity. (from a blurb by Joseph Powell)

• | Author: Susan F. Blair
• | Publisher: Press 53
• | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 86 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1950413683
• | ISBN-13: 9781950413683