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PublisherAutumn House Press

ISBN-101932870954

ISBN-139781932870954

eBay Product ID (ePID)171926743

Product Key Features

Book TitleMoons of August

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSubjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, American / African American, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), General, Subjects & Themes / Family

Publication Year2014

GenrePoetry

AuthorDanusha Lameris

Book SeriesAutumn House Press Poetry Prize Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-950643

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsThese poems are sensuous and lyrical; the poet is passionately present in the fleeting moment 'listening carefully with the body's rapt attention'. . . . And they are also elegiac, haunted by impermanence and past sorrow, always aware that 'the gods do not like to dole out too much honey.', "This book of motherhood, memory, and elegiac urgency crosses borders, cultures, and languages to bring us the good news of being alive. With language clear as water and rich as blood, The Moons of August offers a human communion we can all believe in. Reckoning with and grieving for the past as they claim the future, these poems are wise, direct, and fearless. 'What's gone / is not quite gone, but lingers,' Laméris reminds us. 'Not the language, but the bones / of the language. Not the beloved, / but the dark bed the beloved makes / inside our bodies.'" --Dorianne Laux, author of Only as the Day Is Long "Danusha Laméris writes with definitive, savoring power in perfectly well-weighted lines and scenes. Her poems strike deeply, balancing profound loss and new finding, employing a clear eye, a way of being richly alive with appetite and gusto, and a gift of distilling experience to find its shining core. Don't miss this stunning first book." --Naomi Shihab Nye, author of The Tiny Journalist, The poems of Danusha Lameris are more than "a faint scrawl on the parchment of the heart" as she boldly maps her relation to self, others, nature, history, and the higher power that governs all aspects of existence. In The Moons of August, Lameris gives the reader the gift of insight into the meaning of life with all of its uncertainties and pain. These are poems of grace and truth.-Sonja James, The Journal (WV)

Dewey Decimal811.6

SynopsisWinner of the 2013 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, Danusha Laméris's stunning debut collection explores family culture, motherhood, loss, and memory., Winner of the 2013 Autumn House Press Poetry Contest, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. This stunning debut collection explores family culture, motherhood, and memory.

LC Classification NumberPS3612.A54685A6 2014