The Book of Lamenting

By Lory Bedikian

Book Overview

Poetry. California Studies. Winner of the 2010 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. "Lory Bedikian's THE BOOK OF LAMENTING begins within a foundation of lyricism: 'On the back of every tongue in my family / there is a dove that lives and dies.' Bedikian recognizes the genuine world of the imagination, one we inhabit but often lose sight of a world with 'floating hieroglyphics of flame, ' where sometimes one must ' e]mpty your pockets / of the noise you carry' and 'count olives / in place of coins.' Wisdom rises up through the losses in Bedikian's poetry. One poem begins: 'The year 1997 rose like a spiral staircase / into a ceiling of darkness.' THE BOOK OF LAMENTING ascends into the darkness in a similar way bringing us gifts of light and memory, so that the small doves at the back of every tongue might sing." Brian Turner"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934695262
• ISBN13: 9781934695265
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Anhinga Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"