Nomina

By Karen Volkman

Book Overview

Winner of the James Laughlin Award and Iowa Prize returns with a mind-bending sonnet collection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934414069
• ISBN13: 9781934414064
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: BOA Editions
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.2" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

The sonnet, through history, comes together again!

Karen Volkman's third book of poetry affirms that she continues to be one of the most pressing & talented poets we have. This book is a searing song-- no syllable ever misses a millimeter. Here should leave a mark. Volkman's highly musical words are like Milton dipped Petrarch's mood in a patient etherized upon a table with a rinse of Dante's terza rima. Sexy. The flow of sonnets is uninterrupted ever. The unbroken, pellucid sonnet sequence assembled here is a read for the ear.