Sharif, Solmaz
Look
- ISBN 13:
- 9781555977443
- author:
- Sharif, Solmaz
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Graywolf Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 112
- Dimensions:
- 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
Solmaz Sharif's first collection, Look Poems, is a powerful exploration of the ongoing costs of war and its impact on our language. Through a virtuosic array of poems, lists, shards, and sequences, Sharif assembles her family's and her own fragmented narratives in the aftermath of warfare. The poems point to the ways violence is conducted against our language, exposing the devastating euphemisms deployed to sterilize its effects. Words and phrases lifted from military dictionaries are seamlessly included, highlighting the ways in which language can be controlled and manipulated. Sharif refuses to accept this terminology as given, instead turning it back on its perpetrators. In Look Poems, Sharif asks us to see the world anew, to look at the language we use and consider its true meaning. This is a collection that will challenge your perspective and leave you with much to think about.
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