Other Signs, Other Circles: A Selection of Poems, 1990-2009, Annamaria Ferramosca

Other Signs, Other Circles: A Selection of Poems, 1990-2009

Annamaria Ferramosca

Publisher: Chelsea Editions
PubDate: 12/1/2009
ISBN: 9780982384923
Binding: PAPERBACK
Price: $20.00
Quantity Available: 11
Pages: 225
 

Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Italian and with an introduction by Anamaria Crowe Serrano. A selection in Italian and English from five volumes of poetry by the internationally acclaimed Roman poet Annamaria Ferramosca. Trained as a scientist, Ferramosca displays a keen interest in animals, elements and celestial bodies, as well as classical and Biblical subjects; like a scientist, she explores human relationships with a cool and clear vision. A random list of titles indicates her range of themes: "Metro," "Stranger on a plane," "You've been devoured by the world," "Spider in an amber drop," "Genetically modified organisms," "Maybe with a woman," "We Etruscan women," "A labyrinth etched in Linear B."

Author City: Rome ITA

Annamaria Ferramosca, originally from Puglia, lives in Rome. She is the author of five collections of poetry and has won numerous awards, including the Premio Internazionale Forum for Porte/Doors, the Premio Astrolabio for Curve di livello, and finalist in the Premio Camaiore, Premio Pascoli and Premio Montano.

"Many of the poems speak of the efficacy of the word, its importance as a way of bringing people together, and understanding cultures. The word, in whatever form it takes (written on paper, carved on rock, 'voicesong'), is intense, almost sacred, containing the power 'to unveil time' from which we can learn."
—from the Introduction by AnamarĂ­a Crowe Serrano

"This writing reveals something ancestral and cosmic to whoever is open to understanding every manifestation of daily life. Moreover, it becomes its intimate justification, the texture that weaves together 'the traces and the fires.' This sublimation of the praxis of living is at the heart of this poetry."
—Donato Valli

"These are words to be listen to with love and awe. It is immensely rich poetry: from its scientific references to its distant Hellenic and Biblical suggestions."
—Letizia Lanza

"This mytho-poetry, as a crossing through and coming face to face with other cultures and traditions, is a distinctive feature of the poetry of Annamaria Ferramosca."
—Marcello Carlino


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