Weapons Grade (Paperback)


In her poetry Terese Svoboda walks out to the edge where language is made and destroyed. Her subject is human suffering. Called adisturbing, edgy and provocativea by Book Magazine, her work is often the surreal poetry of a nightmare yet is written with such wit, verve, and passion that she can address the direst subjects.


Weapons Grade is a collection of poems about the power of occupationapolitical and personal. They often play with sestina, sonnet, and couplets, as if only form can contain the fury of between the occupier and the occupied. There's a pervading sense of dread, of expiation, of portentsaeven in potato salad. There's also elegy and lullaby and seduction but, in the words of the sixties tune "Wooly Bully," the reader must "Watch it now, watch it." Highly poised, grand and intensely lyrical, the poems veer from the political to the personal, then finish on the elegiac, releasing complex and unexpected meaning with emotional precision. Looking directly into the contemporary apocalyptic, Weapons Grade, Svobodaas fifth collection of poetry, draws readers back to the radiant present.


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In her poetry Terese Svoboda walks out to the edge where language is made and destroyed. Her subject is human suffering. Called adisturbing, edgy and provocativea by Book Magazine, her work is often the surreal poetry of a nightmare yet is written with such wit, verve, and passion that she can address the direst subjects.


Weapons Grade is a collection of poems about the power of occupationapolitical and personal. They often play with sestina, sonnet, and couplets, as if only form can contain the fury of between the occupier and the occupied. There's a pervading sense of dread, of expiation, of portentsaeven in potato salad. There's also elegy and lullaby and seduction but, in the words of the sixties tune "Wooly Bully," the reader must "Watch it now, watch it." Highly poised, grand and intensely lyrical, the poems veer from the political to the personal, then finish on the elegiac, releasing complex and unexpected meaning with emotional precision. Looking directly into the contemporary apocalyptic, Weapons Grade, Svobodaas fifth collection of poetry, draws readers back to the radiant present.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

University of Arkansas Press

Country of origin

United States

Series

University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series

Release date

September 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

September 2009

Authors

Series editors

Dimensions

139 x 215 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

136

ISBN-13

978-1-55728-906-3

Barcode

9781557289063

Categories

LSN

1-55728-906-9



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