A Passionate Sisterhood by Kathleen Jones

A Passionate Sisterhood by Kathleen Jones

A new book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska is a rare and exciting event. When Here was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, How is it that she keeps getting better? These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak, are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on Earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought. From the title poem: I can't speak for elsewhere, but here on Earth we've got a fair supply of everything.Here we manufacture chairs and sorrows, scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins, teacups, dams, and quips . . . Like nowhere else, or almost nowhere, you're given your own torso here, equipped with the accessories requiredfor adding your own children to the rest.Not to mention arms, legs, and astonished head.

Jones, Kathleen: - KATHLEEN JONES was born and brought up on a hill farm in Cumbria and still lives in the English Lake District with her partner, sculptor Neil Ferber. She has been writing since she was a child and has published seventeen books including seven biographies, a novel and a collection of poetry. She lived for ten years in Africa and the Middle East, where she worked for the Qatar Broadcasting Corporation. Since then she has written extensively for BBC radio and contributed to several television documentaries. Kathleen was appointed as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in 2007. Her recent biography, 'Katherine Mansfield: The Storyteller' was published by Penguin NZ and Edinburgh University Press in 2010. She has also written two novels, 'The Sun's Companion' and 'The Centauress'. Her latest collection of poetry 'Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21', published by Templar Poetry, won the 2011 Straid Award. Her most recent book is a travel memoir, 'Travelling to the Edge of the World', documenting a visit to the remote islands of Haida Gwaii on an environmental quest. Although she is best known for her award-winning biographies, she has also published poetry, feature articles and short fiction in a variety of national and international magazines and newspapers. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio and on radio networks in Holland, Germany and Spain. As a journalist Kathleen has written articles and reviews for the Independent, the Guardian, the Daily Express, and the TLS, as well as magazines such as SHE and Cosmo.

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ISBN 13	9780312227319
ISBN 10	0312227310
Titel	A Passionate Sisterhood
Autor	Kathleen Jones
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Palgrave MacMillan
Erscheinungsjahr	2000-03-02
Seitenanzahl	348
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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