Woman Reading to the Sea: Poems

by Lisa Williams

Overview

“Lisa Williams brings us a poetry of intense observation yoked with equal force to celebration and cerebration.”—Gregory Orr

"Poems of arresting intelligence, precision, and beauty. . . . Lisa Williams takes us into eerily imagined worlds—the interior of a jellyfish, and the interior of a glacier. . . . This slender volume constitutes a journey.”—Joyce Carol Oates, Barnard Women Poets Prize citation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393337778
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/19/2009
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lisa Williams is the author of The Hammered Dulcimer and Woman Reading to the Sea. Her poetry has appeared in The New Republic, Poetry, and New England Review. She teaches at Centre College and lives in Danville, Kentucky.

Editorial Reviews

"[Williams] takes the reader on a quest for authenticity amid the baubles of the world."

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