| Author: | Caroline Bird | ISBN: | 9781847777638 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caroline Bird |
| ISBN: | 9781847777638 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
Extending the vigorous world she created in her previous collections, Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union is a book about isolated people. Some are isolated within a couple, some in a crowd, some have actively chosen to retreat, and others are frantically trying to join forces with something, anything: a lover, a religion, a country, a cause. The poems contain more shadows now, more tones of voice, a fuller anger, and a broader love of life and language. Her imagination is inventive and bizarre; she teaches how extraordinary, dangerous, joyful, and full of surprise everyday life can be.
Extending the vigorous world she created in her previous collections, Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union is a book about isolated people. Some are isolated within a couple, some in a crowd, some have actively chosen to retreat, and others are frantically trying to join forces with something, anything: a lover, a religion, a country, a cause. The poems contain more shadows now, more tones of voice, a fuller anger, and a broader love of life and language. Her imagination is inventive and bizarre; she teaches how extraordinary, dangerous, joyful, and full of surprise everyday life can be.
