The Alphabet Not Unlike the World

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book The Alphabet Not Unlike the World by Katrina Vandenberg, Milkweed Editions
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Author: Katrina Vandenberg ISBN: 9781571318633
Publisher: Milkweed Editions Publication: July 3, 2012
Imprint: Milkweed Editions Language: English
Author: Katrina Vandenberg
ISBN: 9781571318633
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Publication: July 3, 2012
Imprint: Milkweed Editions
Language: English
In her accomplished second collection of poems, Katrina Vandenberg writes from the intersection of power and forgiveness. With poems named for letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and employing such innovative forms as the ancient ghazal, Vandenberg deciphers the seemingly indecipherable in this extraordinary becoming of self through language. Moving between the physical and the abstract, the individual and the collective, Alphabet Not Unlike the World unearths meaning-with astonishing beauty-from the pain of loss and separation.

“A deeply confident, compelling voice, with strong music, originality, and flow. I wanted to go wherever it went. Passionate with a keen sense of surprise, these poems are funny, serious, and wise all at once. Bravo.”
-Naomi Shihab Nye
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In her accomplished second collection of poems, Katrina Vandenberg writes from the intersection of power and forgiveness. With poems named for letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and employing such innovative forms as the ancient ghazal, Vandenberg deciphers the seemingly indecipherable in this extraordinary becoming of self through language. Moving between the physical and the abstract, the individual and the collective, Alphabet Not Unlike the World unearths meaning-with astonishing beauty-from the pain of loss and separation.

“A deeply confident, compelling voice, with strong music, originality, and flow. I wanted to go wherever it went. Passionate with a keen sense of surprise, these poems are funny, serious, and wise all at once. Bravo.”
-Naomi Shihab Nye

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