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Availability:In StockContributor:Adele Elise WilliamsSeries:Miller Williams Poetry PrizePublish date:2024-02-16Pages:102
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arkansas PressISBN-13:9781682262535ISBN-10:1682262537UPC:9781682262535Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:9.40 x 7.20 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCN1NVPWXK
Wager
Wager, Adele Elise Williams's raucous debut, celebrates the fearlessness and determination that can be wrested from strife. Early on, Williams confronts multiple challenges, both personal and communal, including persistent childhood anxieties and stunning neighborhood tragedies ("Ray down the street hung / himself like just-bought bananas needing time"). In the working-class communities she moves...
Series: Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arkansas PressISBN-13:9781682262535ISBN-10:1682262537UPC:9781682262535Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:9.40 x 7.20 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCN1NVPWXK
Adele Elise Williams is a PhD student in literature and creative writing at the University of Houston and a former executive pastry chef. She is co-editor (with Dana Levin) of Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master. Her poetry has appeared in numerous publications and received multiple honors, including the 2023 Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
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