By a Thread

by Molly Tenenbaum

With an engaging enthusiasm for the music and play of language, Molly Tenenbaum writes poems of stark originality. A poet informed by a lifetime dedication to music, Tenebaum possesses a technical brilliance that illuminates the beauties and mysteries of life and the natural world. Full of striking images, unexpected juxtapositions, and inventive lyricism, these poems compel us to attend to the details of the world and what is sacred in it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967702100
• ISBN13: 9780967702100
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Eastern Washington University
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

glittering verse with jitterbug swing

molly tenenbaum's poems sparkle and dance in the half light and shadows of everyday cracks and crevices. from the smallest of spaces, she pulls out shining moments of laughter and wit, sadness and compassion, intelligence and grace. this is a book for dusk and twilight -- day's end when the events of the world seem too big and bruising, day's end when poems can restore a slender thread to sanity, a slight, but firm, connection to intimacy and reflection. it's a wonderful debut.