Now You Shall Know [electronic resource]
Jennifer Compton2015
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'You can never get away from where you come from. This is poetry that confronts
those difficult connections, gutsy work with a deep understanding of people.
Tough, staring down the truth. Loving, too, but never sentimental.'
-Anna Fern
'From tender observations of children to the tortuous witnessing of a mother's
dying, Jennifer Compton's poems zing and sting with the joys and complexities of
real living. Her 'dazzling intimacies' and sharp, but generous watchfulness of
all the world lead to swooping narratives that are poignant, funny, sensitive
and fiercely intelligent. Now You Shall Know is a wondrously wide-ranging,
disarming and haunting collection.'
-Jean Kent
'This is generous, mercurial poetry with linguistic and dramatic verve and
telling silences. In Now You Shall Know Jennifer Compton claims her space con
brio: I think of a rider or ballet dancer and also of a long-distance traveller
since these poems cover so much ground. I warmed to the intimate, ironic
a...
Main title:
Now You Shall Know [electronic resource] / Jennifer Compton
Author:
Jennifer Compton, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Five Islands Press, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781925281040
Language:
English
BRN:
429089
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |