A. E. Stallings

This Afterlife (eBook, ePUB)

Selected Poems

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the timeless precision and fierce wit of A. E. Stallings's poetry in this stunning selection from her four acclaimed collections.

This Afterlife: Selected Poems brings together the best of A. E. Stallings's work from Archaic Smile, Hapax, Olives, and Like, along with a lagniappe of additional poems. Themes and characters recur throughout, engaging in a complex interplay of harmony, dissonance, and counterpoint across years and experiences. The Underworld, the Afterlife, ancient history, and the archaeology of the present all resonate with each other in Stallings's masterful verse.

Many of these poems unfold in the mytho-domestic sphere, as seen through the eyes of Penelope, Pandora, Alice in Wonderland, or the poet herself. Stallings's fascination with Greek mythology is heightened by her chosen home of Greece, where contemporary crises and ancient history constantly intersect. Her technical prowess shines in traditional forms, inventive rhyme schemes, supple free verse, and metaphysical conceits, creating poetry that is both melancholy and wise, showcasing a precision that will stand the test of time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780374600709
• Artikelnr.: 63158948

Autorenporträt

A. E. Stallings is the author of several books of poetry: Like, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Olives, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Hapax, winner of the Poets' Prize and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Benjamin H. Danks Award; and Archaic Smile, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award. She has also published verse translations of Lucretius's The Nature of Things and Hesiod's Works and Days, as well as the Homeric epic The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice. Stallings is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2011 United States Artists Fellow, and a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Athens, Greece.