Description
Poetry. In HOUSE MADE OF SILVER, Robinson uses spare, elegant language to explore spiritual themes in a manner evocative of the compressed intensity of Emily Dickinson. Within the architecture of daily domestic scenes, a complex world is revealed to the reader. As with "condensation on that vessel that was not a glass" or "maps sewn with leaves," Robinson sculpts intricate and interior spaces. "The delicacy of these poems replicates the quality of their insights—insights too shattering and celestial to be uttered any other way. These are swift, verdidical, winged images of the side beside the other side"—Fanny Howe.
Author Bio
Elizabeth Robinson is the author of several collections of poetry, including the National Poetry Series Winner Pure Descent (Sun & Moon) and the Fence Modern Poets Prize winner APPREHEND. Her book ON GHOSTS was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times book award in poetry. With Jennifer Phelps, Robinson co-edited Quo Anima: innovation and spirituality in contemporary women's poetry, published by University of Akron Press. Robinson has recently been recognized with a Pushcart Prize and Editor's Choice awards from New Letters and Scoundrel Time.
Author City: Boulder, CO USA