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The Broken String Paper - 2008
by Grace Schulman
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One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman’s performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane’s improvisations embody her own heart’s desire to “get it right on the first take”; the wind plays a harp-shaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. In the words of Wallace Shawn, “When I read her, she makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel that there is so much out there, and it’s unbearable to miss any of it.”
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- Title The Broken String
- Author Grace Schulman
- Binding paper
- Edition First
- Condition New
- Pages 83
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin, New York
- Date 2008
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # S114
- ISBN 9780547085982 / 0547085982
- Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 8.24 x 6.56 x 0.28 in (20.93 x 16.66 x 0.71 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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Summary
One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman’s performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane’s improvisations embody her own heart’s desire to “get it right on the first take”; the wind plays a harp-shaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. In the words of Wallace Shawn, “When I read her, she makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel that there is so much out there, and it’s unbearable to miss any of it.”
