The Wilderness - by Maurya Simon (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>"<i>The Wilderness</i>, a compendious gathering of new and selected poems, makes clear what readers of hers over the years have increasingly come to feel--that Maurya Simon's is one of the strongest, most humane, imaginative, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant voices of her generation."--<b>Richard Tillinghast</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>The Wilderness: New and Selected Poems</i></b> compiles more than thirty years of Maurya Simon's poetic oeuvre. Her poems combine compelling investigations of the natural world with a sense of spirituality and a modern-day metaphysical sensibility. Simon's writing is lucid and deeply moving, as well as being enriched by history, the classics, and visual art. These are poems that should be read, reread, and savored for the wisdom they impart and for their rich insights into the human condition. This beautiful book is illustrated with seventeen evocative, color-saturated paintings from the <i>WEAVERS SERIES</i> by Los Angeles artist, Baila Goldenthal.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><li><p>"Maurya Simon's was interviewed by Meryl Natchez from Poetry Flash</p> They discuss why she is not as wide spread as other poets, where she drew inspiration from for <i>The Wilderness</i>, and her journey throughout her life.<p></p><br><p>Read the full interview here.</p></li> <p/><li><p>Article in <em>The Press-Enterprise</em></p></li> <p/><li><p> Reviewed by Meryl Natchez in <em> Green Mountains Review</em></p></li> <p/><li><p>Article about learning from poets in <em>The Press-Enterprise</em></p></li><br><li><p>Article about pain in <em>The Press-Enterprise</em></p></li><p>Article about poetry saving vibrant memories in Press Enterprise</p><br><br>"Maurya Simon's language is lush, dense, sensual, and framed by a dazzling intellect. In this her New and Selected Poems we come to see the full power of her symphonic sweep and the sheer dynamism of her compositional slant--riffs, play, improvisation, harmonic resonance--yet the resolve is always there, always a breathless moment. . . . Maurya Simon's oeuvre is a deliberate world of grace, awe, beauty, delight, and wonder. In these poems you will find rest, comfort, deep questions, some discomfort, but always joy. Read this book--you will be grateful for it."--<b>Chris Abani</b>, author of <i>Sanctificum</i> and <i>Hands Washing Water</i> <p>"<i>The Wilderness</i> is nothing short of astonishing. Maurya Simon is a poet for the ages, an exuberant chronicler of moments large and small who discovers at every turn new ways of illuminating the sum of her experience, and in this new and selected edition of work gathered over many decades she reveals herself to be in the grip of what Wallace Stevens called 'the necessary angel of earth'--the one who helps us to see the world around us in all its resplendent glory."--<b>Christopher Merrill</b>, author of <i>Self-Portrait with Dogwood</i> <p>"Maurya Simon's is one of the strongest, most humane, imaginative, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant voices of her generation."--<b>Richard Tillinghast</b><br>
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