The Trees Witness Everything
ISBN-13:
9781556596322
ISBN-10:
1556596324
Author:
Victoria Chang
Publication date:
2022
Publisher:
Copper Canyon Press
Format:
Paperback
144 pages
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9781556596322
ISBN-10:
1556596324
Author:
Victoria Chang
Publication date:
2022
Publisher:
Copper Canyon Press
Format:
Paperback
144 pages
Summary
The Trees Witness Everything (ISBN-13: 9781556596322 and ISBN-10: 1556596324), written by authors
Victoria Chang, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2022.
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A lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life's hardest questions: how to let go.
In The Trees Witness Everything, Victoria Chang reinvigorates language by way of concentration, using constraint to illuminate and free the wild interior. Largely composed in various Japanese syllabic forms called "wakas," each poem is shaped by pattern and count. This highly original work innovates inside the lineage of great poets including W.S. Merwin, whose poem titles are repurposed as frames and mirrors for the text, stitching past and present in complex dialogue. Chang depicts the smooth, melancholic isolation of the mind while reaching outward to name--with reverence, economy, and whimsy--the ache of wanting, the hawk and its shadow, our human urge to hide the minute beneath the light.We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
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