Things as It Is - by Chase Twichell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With her characteristic sparse lyricism, Chase Twichell explores how the past persistently parallels the present to reimagine the self.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Poems of balanced wildness and instinctual grace.--<em>New York Journal of Books</em></p><p>"[Twichell's poems] open out into a stark, sometimes bewildered clarity." --<em>The Washington Post</em></p><p>"Suppose you had Sappho's passion, the intelligence and perspicacity of Curie, and Dickinson's sweet wit . . . then you would have the poems of Chase Twichell." --Hayden Carruth</p><p>"A major voice in contemporary poetry." --<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>Chase Twichell's eighth collection lifts up the joy of the moment while mourning a changing world. In <em>Things as It Is</em>--purposefully not things as they are--the present and past parallel and intermingle. Meditating on a litany of formative moments, Twichell's clear-as-a-bell voice delivers visceral and emotionally resonant lyrics, elegies, and confessions.</p><p><strong>From "What the Trees Said" </strong></p><p>The trees have begun to undress. <br>Soon snow will come to bandage <br>the whole wounded world.<br>When I was young I eloped with <br>the sky. I wore blue-black, with <br>under-lit ribbons of pink . . .</p><p><strong>Chase Twichell</strong>, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Twichell has published seven previous poetry collections, including <em>Horses Where Answers Should Have Been</em>, which received the 2011 Kingsley Tufts Award. For ten years, she owned and operated Ausable Press.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A major voice in contemporary poetry" --<em>Publishers Weekly</em> "[Twichell's poems] open out into a stark, sometimes bewildered clarity." --Robert Hass, <em>The Washington Post</em> "Suppose you had Sappho's passion, the intelligence and perspicacity of Curie, and Dickinson's sweet wit. . . then you would have the poems of Chase Twichell." --Hayden Carruth "Chase Twichell's poems are among my favorite ever written." --Tony Hoagland "[Twichell's] touch is expert indeed. --<em>The Harvard Review</em><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Chase Twichell, a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Twichell has published seven previous poetry collections, including <em>The Snow Watchers, Dog Language, </em> and <em>Horses Where Answers Should Have Been</em>, which received the 2011 Kingsley Tufts Award. For ten years, she owned and operated Ausable Press.
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