The Wild Shine of Oranges |
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| Author:
| Savren, Shelley |
| ISBN: | 978-1-893670-44-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Tebot Bach
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Poetry. "In THE WILD SHINE OF ORANGES, Shelley Savren finds the neglected, incarcerated and sick, and explores the perils of family, and a daughter coming into her own. These frank, tightly-crafted narratives recount the sounds of protest and are testament to lives lost and shared, where, in moments of mercy, 'there are no shadows.'"—Dorianne Laux "These poems describe historical change and global issues in personal narrative and familial experience in a way that...
More DescriptionPoetry. "In THE WILD SHINE OF ORANGES, Shelley Savren finds the neglected, incarcerated and sick, and explores the perils of family, and a daughter coming into her own. These frank, tightly-crafted narratives recount the sounds of protest and are testament to lives lost and shared, where, in moments of mercy, 'there are no shadows.'"—Dorianne Laux
"These poems describe historical change and global issues in personal narrative and familial experience in a way that makes history easy to understand. Foods, concentration camps, culture, love and loss abound in these poems and are treated with an affection and kindness seldom achieved in poetry."—Jimmy Santiago Baca