I Praise My Destroyer
Poems
$24.75
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2000
Summary
In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman combines her deep understanding of the world with her immense passion for language to craft richly sensual poems that “honor all life/wherever and in whatever form/it may deal.”
Imbued with ravishing imagery, these exuberant and lyrical explorations of aging, longing, and death demonstrate Ackerman’s full engagement with every aspect of life’s process. Ackerman muses on the conf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679771340 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679771344 |
| Author: | Diane Ackerman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 133g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Brilliant … Ackerman expresses her signature love for the world in all its seething glory… . Her sensuality is still in full force.”
“Brilliant … Ackerman expresses her signature love for the world in all its seething glory… . Her sensuality is still in full force.” –Booklist
”[These poems are] full of physical participation in the world, human involvement, and (as one might expect of this scholar of the senses) an eloquent eye.” –Richard Wilbur
“Vivid, playful, abundant, these poems constitute a directory of colors, an assembly of weathers, waters, creatures, and a bold, brash, invincible vote of confidence.” –Anthony Hecht
”[Ackerman’s] poems express a sense of sheer joy in physical existence, which she explores in language that has its own intense life. The book is a pure pleasure.” –Louis Simpson
About The Author
Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman lives in upstate New York.
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