Orchidelirium
Poetry. Winner of the 2003 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. "You'll find a stunning cleanliness of movement and image in these delicious, evocative, sexy poems. Hooray for a writer who can weave presence and absence, longing and loss of longing, into a tapestry of language as rich, honest, and compelling as this"--Naomi Shihab Nye. "With depth, assurance, and astonishing savoir faire Landau makes ORCHIDELIRIUM a genuine orchid of a book, a vivid and riveting new bloom in American letters"--Molly Peacock.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0938078801
ISBN13:9780938078807
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Anhinga Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
pleasant surprise
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Sometimes, readng as much contemporary poetry as I do, I feel like one of the old orchid hunters--looking through the jungle for the rare flowers. Orchidelirium is a found orchid: it's a lovely, surprising read fusing narrative and lyricism. Landau is a fine fine poet, and she knows how to find the right balance, make the right gestures with language and line, with image and rhythm, to make us read on.
moving, brilliant, poetry that's a great read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is the best first book of poetry I have read. It manages to be "poetic" and compulsively readable. Kudos. We need people asking these tough questions and finding brilliantly open-ended answers--this book heartens me.
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