The Breathing Place

by Calvin Bedient

The poems in The Breathing Place, Calvin Bedient's fifth collection of poetry, take in and move through three areas of consideration. Focusing first on the turmoil of an imperfect world before turning to raging social concerns, the poems finally come to find a refreshed sense of hope, offering spaces to pause and breathe in the world around us.

First the poet addresses "the limits of the containing air," the atmosphere of a world that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632430827
• ISBN13: 9781632430823
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Omnidawn
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"