Overview
“An exquisite book of poetry with a lens on motherhood that’s existential, funny and tender.” —ElleAcclaimed poet Carrie Fountain deepens her exploration of the domestic in a new collection of playful and wise poems
The poems in Carrie Fountain's third collection, The Life, exist somewhere, as Rilke says, between “our daily life” and “the great work”—an interstitial space where sidelong glances live alongside shouts to heaven. In elegant, colloquial language, Fountain observes her children dressing themselves in fledgling layers of personhood, creating their own private worlds and personalities, and makes room for genuine marvels in the midst of routine. Attuned to the delicate, fleeting moments that together comprise a life, these poems offer a guide by which to navigate the signs and symbols, and to pilot if not the perfect life, the only life, the life we are given.
The book, The Life (Penguin Poets) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780143136019 in Paperback by Carrie Fountain may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04/27/2021
ISBN-10:
0143136011
ISBN-13:
9780143136019
Pages:
112
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
