Christianne Balk

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The Holding HoursHardcover, 1 September 2015

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Part of Series
Pacific Northwest Poetry
Print Length
88 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
1 Sep 2015
ISBN-10
0295995076
ISBN-13
9780295995076

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Emotion, raw and unadorned, is woven through the poems of Christianne Balk's The Holding Hours. Part I explores the subtle and surprising transformations that come from caring for her young, neurologically injured daughter. Insights unfold in metaphor and persona below the surface of an exquisitely observed life.

Gazing through the lens of other lives challenged by disability and illness, including those of John Muir and the 16th-century Saint Germaine Cousin, these poems place personal experience in the context of pastoral poetic traditions, disability studies, and the history of political disruption.

Balk anchors these meditations within the landscape of the Pacific Northwest. She examines her (and our) relationship with nature--the moon snail, the azalea, snow geese, the dog rose--sing the precise and unsentimental language of a trained naturalist. The sounds and images evoked reveal a stunning artistry--a mediation between self and the world and a celebration of the beauty and fragility of life and the anticipation of rebirth.

Product Details

Author:
Christianne Balk
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 September 2015
Dimensions:
23.6 x 16.1 x 0.51 cm
ISBN-10:
0295995076
ISBN-13:
9780295995076
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
88
Weight:
308.44 gm

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