Washing A Language

Bogen, Laurel Ann

ISBN 10: 1888996900 / ISBN 13: 9781888996906

Published by Red Hen Press, Palmdale, California, U.S.A., 2004

About this Item

Signed and warmly inscribed by the author to Venice & LA poet Philomene Long on title page, 8vo, 46pp. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Seller Inventory # 0774901

Bibliographic Details

Title: Washing A Language

Publisher: Red Hen Press, Palmdale, California, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed & Inscribed By Author

Edition: First Paperback Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

"Laurel Ann Bogen is an admirable poet with a distinctive voice. In this fascinating book, again and again she transforms her moments of joy, the wounds she has suffered, into a mouth, speaking her terse and immaculate poems, and often, miraculously, breaking into song."

--Edward Field

Review:

Laurel Ann Bogen is an admirable poet with a distinctive voice. In this fascinating book, again and again she transforms her moments of joy, the wounds she has suffered, into a mouth, speaking her terse and immaculate poems, and often, miraculously, breaking into song.

--Edward Field

In Washing a Language, Laurel Ann Bogen makes an old poetry (political poetry, love poetry) new. If her themes are from the thrift store, this reader never noticed--she adds bleach and fabric softener, and carefully folds her poems so that they're ready for sale at the fanciest boutique. Bogen unearths treasure in this book.

--Denise Duhamel