The Life by Fountain, Carrie

The Life

"An exquisite book of poetry with a lens on motherhood that's existential, funny and tender." --Elle Acclaimed...
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Author: Carrie Fountain
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Language: English
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The Life by Fountain, Carrie

The Life

€30,21

The Life

€30,21
Author: Carrie Fountain
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"An exquisite book of poetry with a lens on motherhood that's existential, funny and tender." --Elle

Acclaimed poet Carrie Fountain deepens her exploration of the domestic in a new collection of playful and wise poems

The poems in Carrie Fountain's third collection, The Life, exist somewhere, as Rilke says, between "our daily life" and "the great work"--an interstitial space where sidelong glances live alongside shouts to heaven. In elegant, colloquial language, Fountain observes her children dressing themselves in fledgling layers of personhood, creating their own private worlds and personalities, and makes room for genuine marvels in the midst of routine. Attuned to the delicate, fleeting moments that together comprise a life, these poems offer a guide by which to navigate the signs and symbols, and to pilot if not the perfect life, the only life, the life we are given.

Author: Carrie Fountain
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780143136019


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/17/2021
Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 118

About the Author
Carrie Fountain was born and raised in Mesilla, New Mexico. Fountain's books include the National Poetry Series award winner Burn Lake and Instant Winner. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Tin House, among others. She received her MFA at the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin where she was a fellow. She lives with her husband, playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, in Austin, Texas.

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