The Accidental: Poems (CantoMundo Poetry Series) by Franco, Gina - 2019-10-14

Fayetteville. 2019. October 2019. University of Arkansas Press. Uncorrected Galley. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781682261057. CantoMundo Poetry Series. 100 pages. paperback. . keywords: Poetry Women Authors. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Cascading through each of the poems in Gina Franco's The Accidental is a question: What does it mean to be human in a world where the soul is exalted but the body brutalized? Franco explores the terrain of the borderlands-not just the physical space of the American southwest, but the spaces where lines are drawn between body and soul, God and self, violence and ecstasy. Unfolding along these borders in a torrent of deep contemplation, Franco's poems bring the reader to the line between accident and choice, delving into the role each plays in creating the lives we are born into and in determining how those lives end. A body caught in a tree after a flood-an accident-calls to mind deliberate violences: crucifixion and lynching. Guided, even so, by a stark hopefulness, The… Read More

Univ of Arkansas Pr, 2019. Paperback. New. 88 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.25 inches.

Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2019. First Printing. Paperback. Fine. Signed and dated by the poet on the title page, with an inscription to a named individual. Clean, crisp, bright; no owners' marks; as new.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.