Name: Indigo
SKU: 52504801
Price: 656.00 TWD
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Author: Ellen Bass

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ellen Bass

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6x14.7x1 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9781556595752

Synopsis "Indigo "

Bass's work--about marriage and parenting, illness and recovery, small daily pleasures--cultivates an exuberance that's born of, and balanced by, close watchfulness. --The New York Times "A bold and passionate new collection... Intimacy is rarely conveyed as gracefully as in Bass's lustrous poems." --Booklist Indigo, the newest collection by Ellen Bass, merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complexities. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved dog, or a wife's return to health, Bass pulls us in with exquisite immediacy. Her lush and precisely observed descriptions allow us to feel the sheer primal pleasure of being alive in our own "succulent skin," the pleasure of the gifts of hunger, desire, touch. In this book, joy meets regret, devotion meets dependence, and most importantly, the poet so in love with life and living begins to look for the point where the price of aging overwhelms the rewards of staying alive. Bass is relentless in her advocacy for the little pleasures all around her. Her gaze is both expansive and hyperfocused, celebrating (and eulogizing) each gift as it is given and taken, while also taking stock of the larger arc. She draws the lines between generations, both remembering her parents' lives and deaths and watching her own children grow into the space that she will leave behind. Indigo shows us the beauty of this cycle, while also documenting the deeply human urge to resist change and hang on to the life we have, even as it attempts to slip away.

Ellen Bass

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Ellen Bass is an American poet and writer born in 1947, known for her lyrical poetry and works focused on themes of healing, trauma, and feminism. She has worked in various literary forms, including poetry, essays, and non-fiction writing. Throughout her career, Bass has been recognized for her ability to address difficult subjects with sensitivity and clarity, touching aspects of human emotional and psychological life.

Among her most notable works are The Courage to Heal (1994), a book that explores the experiences of survival and healing from sexual abuse, and Move to the River (2002), which also delves into the emotional experience and the power of poetry to transform. Ellen Bass has been an influential voice in the field of contemporary poetry, particularly in literature about trauma and recovery.

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