Description
Poetry. California Interest. "TOO MUCH HAPPENS is a collection that mingles personal and major social concerns in an attempt to give voice to a sense of increasing fear for a cherished world in crisis. Catastrophic wars, child soldiers, dried lake beds, the relentless onslaught of bad news. 'What shall we do with what we know?' TOO MUCH HAPPENS poses a question for which no answer is clear in a world skirting a perilous edge. 'Days, slaves to the sun, / the sun herds them into shadows. // A valley fills with traveled light / and snowmelt.' Once you step in between these lines, you know you've reached home: heart-and-mind, the body-and soul of why poetry matters. Nearly one of a kind, Kathleen Weaver lyrically weaves love and social awareness with language. To a cyber-bashed, corporatized, red-lit planet prison, her bright voice rejoices in green-lights.'"—Al Young
Author Bio
Kathleen Weaver studied at the University of Edinburgh and as a Ford Fellow in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. As a graduate student she was part of a women's group devoted to translating women poets, work that led to her co-edit The Other Voice: Twentieth Century Women Poets in Translation and Penguin Book of Women Poets. She has translated poetry and book length works from Spanish. Her biographical study of Magda Portal, Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, was nominated for a Northern California Book Award. She lives in Berkeley.
Author City: BERKELEY, CA USA