A Selected History of Her Heart: Poems

by Carole Simmons Oles

Overview

Through the lens of her singular and compelling life, Carole Simmons Oles guides us through our fractured, confused, violent century. At seventy, facing an increasingly fragile body, Oles crafts language that creates bonds—across cultures and tongues, across decades and oceans and continents. These powerhouse poems reach out generation to generation with generosity and compassion. These poems invite us in, offer food and drink and shelter.—Peggy Shumaker, author of Gnawed Bones

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826355133
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	09/01/2014
Series:	Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Carole Simmons Oles is the author of eight other books of poetry, including The Deed: Poems and Waking Stone: Inventions on the Life of Harriet Hosmer.

Editorial Reviews

Through the lens of her singular and compelling life, Carole Simmons Oles guides us through our fractured, confused, violent century. At seventy, facing an increasingly fragile body, Oles crafts language that creates bonds—across cultures and tongues, across decades and oceans and continents. These powerhouse poems reach out generation to generation with generosity and compassion. These poems invite us in, offer food and drink and shelter.—Peggy Shumaker, author of Gnawed Bones

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