Local Talent

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David Wright

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In Local Talent, David Wright deepens his poetic engagement with the physical and spiritual terrain of the Midwest. Even when his poems travel far away to Vermont or Italy, Wright's imagination, diction, and poetic eye have been indelibly shaped by the Heartland (its people, communities, fields, roadscapes) through seasons that require "all our talent / to keep our candles and cigarettes lit in the Illinois wind." Formally, the poems range from pantoums and sestinas to elliptical free verse and prose poems. Often sensuous and lyric in nature, Wright's poetry also narrates, converses with other poets, and borrows from musical, artistic, and religious traditions that both vex and soothe. Whether we grieve and mourn our losses, or celebrate fleeting moments of connection to others, this collection offers an honest and imperfect vision of discerning how our varied talents (making art, cultivating community, caring for our bodies, recovering intimacy) root and sustain us in whatever landscape we inhabit if we can "stand, bare-eyed and loving this place" as we struggle to embrace "a nearly open-ended sky."

Author Biography:

David Wright teaches creative writing and American literature at Monmouth College (Illinois). His poems have appeared in 32 Poems, Image, Ecotone, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry East, and Hobart, among others. A past recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Artist's fellowship for poetry, his most recent collection is The Small Books of Bach (Wipf & Stock, 2014). He can be found on Twitter @sweatervestboy.

Release date NZ

September 30th, 2019

Author

David Wright

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Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

178x254x5

ISBN-13

9780944048825

Product ID

31441090

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