Only Bread, Only Light

by Stephen Kuusisto

Book Overview

With this, his first collection of poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (author of the memoir Planet of the Blind) explores blindness and curiosity, loneliness and the found instruments of continuation. Exploiting the seeming contradiction of poetry's reliance upon visual imagery with Kuusisto's own sightlessness, these poems cultivate a world of listening: to the natural world, to the voices of family and strangers, to music and the words of great writers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556591500
• ISBN13: 9781556591501
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

forget the blindness part

This poetry is for everyone.Looking inside doesn't take functioning eyeballs. It takes courage.