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Manoleria

Poetry. Winner of the Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Prize. Under the influence of broadcasts such as National Public Radio's "Marketplace" (a daily roundup of stock reports and business news), Daniel Khalastchi composed a series of character-driven poems whose recurrent narrator is physically and mentally manipulated while the world around him takes little notice. Through their chaos and horror, these poems ask a reader to question the ways in which our careening healthcare system, crumbling financial/housing/job markets, and war on multiple fronts are actually affecting us both inside and out. "In MANOLERIA, the body, broken apart 'in elegant stress, ' re-congregates. Formally, the poet is taking us through the emotional work of picking up pieces. Despite the splintering, despite the hemorrhage, somehow 'all is accounted for.' A cardinal debut..." D. A. Powell."

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 72
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781932195934
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2011