Deepstep Come Shining

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Copper Canyon Press, 1998 - Poetry - 111 pages
Rebellious, didactic, fiercely lyrical, the poems of C. D. Wright incorporate elements of disjunction and odd juxtaposition in their exploration of unfolding context. In my book, she has written, poetry is a necessity of life. It is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free, and declare them so. In her tenth volume, this critically acclaimed poet offers haunting, elegant poetry merging the mysteries of formal and linguistic experiment with traditional narrative. Whether read as individual poems or as a single suite, Deepstep Come Shining is a Southern Gothic road trip filled with vernacular speech and startling imagery. Once again Wright amply demonstrates why she is among the best poets of her generation.

Contents

Section 1
5
Section 2
19
Section 3
29
Section 4
35
Section 5
55
Section 6
75
Section 7
93
Section 8
107
Section 9
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About the author (1998)

C. D. Wright was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas on January 6, 1949. She attended Memphis State University and the University of Arkansas. Her collections of poetry include Cooling Time and One with Others, which won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her works also won the Whiting Award and the Lannan Literary Award. She won a MacArthur genius award and a Guggenheim fellowship. She was a writing professor at Brown University. She died suddenly on January 12, 2016 at the age of 67.

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