| Description |
181 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
Literary Nonfiction. Essays. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the poet's calling to sources in birdsong and sacrifice, asking, "Must a woman be sentenced to endless night for a poet to be born?" From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the death of the poet's mother, Moxley explores the losses that underlie poetry, and in turn, poetry's use as a measure for living. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-180). |
| Contents |
Bird soul -- Blast-beruffled -- Corpse fires -- School for song -- Demi-bird -- My love was a feather -- The weariness, the fever, and the fret -- Philomela querens -- Some are born to endless night -- Demon or bird! -- The all-day bird -- Easy as a star -- Dove self -- Emile -- In service -- The swifts -- Pigeon -- No more she mourns -- Bird of paradise -- Bourdeaux colloquy -- On the street where you live -- My human soul -- Woman or swan -- Luckily for us -- Max the Birdman -- The sparrow -- Chet -- Vivacious, virginal, and beautiful day -- A foreign song. |
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Birds.
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Criticism.
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Literary movements.
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Moxley, Jennifer, 1964-
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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| Genre |
Essays.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781733273466 (paperback) |
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1733273468 (paperback) |
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