Through more than a dozen collections, C.D. Wright pushed the bounds of
imagination as she explored desire, loss and physical sensation. Her
posthumously published book, ShallCross features seven poem sequences
that show her tremendous range in style and approach. As she considers,
among other topics, some dark intuitions about human nature, she also
nudges readers to question who is telling the story and where one's
thought can lead.--The Washington Post
Wright gets better with each book, expanding the reach of her art; it
seems it could take in anything.--Publishers Weekly
Wright belongs to a school of exactly one.--New York Times Book Review
C.D. Wright is entirely her own poet, a true original.--The Gettysburg
Review
In a turbulent world, C.D. Wright evokes a rebellious and dissonant
ethos with characteristic genre-bending and expanding long-form poems.
Accessing journalistic writing alongside filmic narratives, Wright
ranges across seven poetic sequences, including a collaborative suite
responding to photographic documentation of murder sites in New Orleans.
ShallCross shows plain as day that C.D. Wright is our most thrilling
and innovative poet.
From Obscurity and Elegance:
Whether or not the park was safe
she was going in. A study concluded, for a park
to be successful there had to be women.
The man next to the monument must have broken
away from her. Perhaps years
before. That the bond had been carnal is obvious.
He said he was just out clearing his head...
C.D. Wright (1949-2016) taught at Brown University for decades and
published over a dozen works of poetry and prose, including One With
Others, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was
nominated for a National Book Award; One Big Self: An Investigation;
and Rising Falling Hovering. Among her many honors are the Griffin
International Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship.
