What Sparks Poetry:
Martin Mitchell on Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife
"In a way, though, the mundanity of the real story gets at the heart of The World's Wife: throughout the book, our meticulous cultural inheritance—our gods, our legends, our myths, our grandest stories—are stripped of their sheen and recast on a smaller, human scale. The collection is comprised of a series of dramatic monologues from the perspectives of the women who have been sidelined, overlooked, omitted." |
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Conversation with Alan Felsenthal & Jesse Nathan
"I came to the pastoral elegy by wondering: What is the mode that will help me grieve? I’m not looking for closure, just a way to get through, to continue living among the dying. Grief has always been linked to the pastoral—like the dirge in which the mourner appeals to Nature. The mourner wants Nature to do something, wants the flock to learn to weep."
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