The Lake Has No Saint

by Stacey Waite

Stacey Waite's the lake has no saint is a study in grief -- a work of poetic archaeology that traces the artifacts of the past into the relationships of the present.

Embedded in a powerfully modulated sequence addressing a "you" who shifts in location and identity, many of these poems feel like forms of request, imploring. The speaker's androgynous self-awareness -- and wary attention to the gendered assumptions elicited by bodies -- disclose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932195815
• ISBN13: 9781932195811
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.9" x 7.8"