Guinevere in Baltimore

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book Guinevere in Baltimore by Shelley Puhak, The Waywiser Press
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Author: Shelley Puhak ISBN: 9781904130758
Publisher: The Waywiser Press Publication: May 22, 2014
Imprint: The Waywiser Press Language: English
Author: Shelley Puhak
ISBN: 9781904130758
Publisher: The Waywiser Press
Publication: May 22, 2014
Imprint: The Waywiser Press
Language: English

“Good poets return to myth and legend in order to reenact their gestures, translating rather than adapting these stories, hoping to siphon something of these ancient tales’ former resonance and power off for their own work. Original poets, however, rewrite the stories entirely with a fresher eye and a sharper tongue. They rip our most familiar characters out of their antiquated context and, by doing so, remind us anew that our heroes and heroines of yore have never been safe, nor their archetypal renderings anodyne. This is what Shelley Puhak has done with the Arthurian legends in her newest collection. In hilariously acid and completely contemporary language, Puhak gives us a Lancelot who bickers at Starbucks, an Arthur suffering from an enlarged prostate, and a Guinevere who finally, fully realizes the consequence of the betrayals she has initiated, along with a few others which we all must face – disloyalty, disappointment, the aging of a oncebeautiful body and, worse, the realization that even the strongest passions fade.” – Paisley Rekdal

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“Good poets return to myth and legend in order to reenact their gestures, translating rather than adapting these stories, hoping to siphon something of these ancient tales’ former resonance and power off for their own work. Original poets, however, rewrite the stories entirely with a fresher eye and a sharper tongue. They rip our most familiar characters out of their antiquated context and, by doing so, remind us anew that our heroes and heroines of yore have never been safe, nor their archetypal renderings anodyne. This is what Shelley Puhak has done with the Arthurian legends in her newest collection. In hilariously acid and completely contemporary language, Puhak gives us a Lancelot who bickers at Starbucks, an Arthur suffering from an enlarged prostate, and a Guinevere who finally, fully realizes the consequence of the betrayals she has initiated, along with a few others which we all must face – disloyalty, disappointment, the aging of a oncebeautiful body and, worse, the realization that even the strongest passions fade.” – Paisley Rekdal

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