All That Will Be New by Paul Mariani (English) Hardcover Book

Description: All That Will Be New by Paul Mariani In the poem that opens this, his ninth collection, one of our most celebrated men of letters contemplates the "primordial tensions" felt in the crashing waves of a Northeaster, the glory and terror of the storm as "the real comes crashing finally down on you." Contemplating as we all must the unrelenting passing of time and the harsh realities of history, Paul Mariani embodies the filmmaker Akira Kurosawas dictum that "the artist is the one who does not look away." And yet, even in the face of pandemics, wars, and the open wound of racism, the poet continues his search for those artists, activists, writers, and saints who can guide us through the wilderness and help us preserve the hope that all things can be made new. Whether he is contemplating painters from Caravaggio to Van Gogh in deft ekphrastic poems, evoking the courageous witness of Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X, or visiting with the poets, living and dead, who have been his masters, Paul Marianis lyrical voice rings true. In the end, after the arduous journey that has taken him so far, the poet joins a simple supper, where the real shines forth in the breaking of bread. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Paul Mariani is University Professor of English emeritus at Boston College. He is the author of twenty books, including biographies of William Carlos Williams, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Wallace Stevens. His previous volumes of poetry include Epitaphs for the Journey, The Great Wheel, Salvage Operations, and Ordinary Time. He is also the author of Thirty Days: On Retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius and The Mystery of It All: The Vocation of Poetry in the Twilight of Modernity. Review Gift, if attended to in the usual way, mellows into reliable competence. The poet starts with a wild flame, and they cultivate it into a pilot light. Paul Mariani, however, is that rare poet who discovers late fire. The poems in All That Will Be New have a new energy, a new fullness, a new relentlessness, even, as they confront the relentless horrors of the present. Mariani has become one of the poets from whom I am most excited to read new work, and All That Will Be New testifies to the surprising ripening of his extraordinary gift.-Shane McCrae, author of Cain Named the AnimalPaul Mariani has written a volume dedicated to the joys, laments, and deepest seeing into the heart of things. In his Orphic glance back over his long life, Mariani gives us poems written in a generous long measure and also generous in their close observations. In All That Will Be New, Mariani revivifies the old-ancestral roots, deep friendships, the splendid music of poetry, and the lavish vision of a gifted and mature seer.-Garrett Hongo, author of Coral RoadConsistently and elegantly, Paul Marianis poems pierce the quotidian to reveal the profound conundrums of our lives. To God brooding over Covid he asks, "What is it you want us to take away from this?" God does not answer directly, and Mariani does not provide facile answers. After all, lifes losses abound. And yet, in poem after poem he reveals art pointing the way: imaginations that do not flinch but express the griefs and outrage through the bedrock of beauty."-Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, author of From Shade to Shine Review Quote Gift, if attended to in the usual way, mellows into reliable competence. The poet starts with a wild flame, and they cultivate it into a pilot light. Paul Mariani, however, is that rare poet who discovers late fire. The poems in All That Will Be New have a new energy, a new fullness, a new relentlessness, even, as they confront the relentless horrors of the present. Mariani has become one of the poets from whom I am most excited to read new work, and All That Will Be New testifies to the surprising ripening of his extraordinary gift. -Shane McCrae, author of Cain Named the Animal Paul Mariani has written a volume dedicated to the joys, laments, and deepest seeing into the heart of things. In his Orphic glance back over his long life, Mariani gives us poems written in a generous long measure and also generous in their close observations. In All That Will Be New, Mariani revivifies the old-ancestral roots, deep friendships, the splendid music of poetry, and the lavish vision of a gifted and mature seer. -Garrett Hongo, author of Coral Road Consistently and elegantly, Paul Marianis poems pierce the quotidian to reveal the profound conundrums of our lives. To God brooding over Covid he asks, "What is it you want us to take away from this?" God does not answer directly, and Mariani does not provide facile answers. After all, lifes losses abound. And yet, in poem after poem he reveals art pointing the way: imaginations that do not flinch but express the griefs and outrage through the bedrock of beauty." -Jill Pel Details ISBN1639821120 Pages 84 Publisher Slant Books Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1639821120 ISBN-13 9781639821129 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-04-19 UK Release Date 2022-04-19 Author Paul Mariani Imprint Slant Books Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135210593;

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