The Art of Loss

by Myrna Stone

The title of this collection states the central theme--the losses that accrue over time and the ways in which this particular poetic persona deals with these losses: the loss of loved ones; of faith; of innocence--losses of both a personal, and of a larger, historical nature--losses that simultaneously deplete and elevate. These poems argue that memory is the servant of time, and that the work of memory is "a construct of mirror and shadow" transforming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870135805
• ISBN13: 9780870135804
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"