Skin |
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| Translator:
| Rohrer, Matthew
Pepelnik, Ana |
| Author:
| Skrjanec, Tone |
| ISBN: | 978-1-935635-35-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Tavern Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Originally published in Slovenia in 2006 as Koza, Skin is Tone Skrjanec's first full-length collection to appear in English. Skrjanec's poetic credo is not to be but to let be. His poems exist between the world of things and the mysteries of consciousness in language that is direct, shape-shifting, and lyrical. The underlying poetic procedure is assembly. His aim is to magnify and celebrate. His work in Skin is humming with the landscape, the city, and as the title suggests, the human...
More DescriptionOriginally published in Slovenia in 2006 as Koza, Skin is Tone Skrjanec's first full-length collection to appear in English. Skrjanec's poetic credo is not to be but to let be. His poems exist between the world of things and the mysteries of consciousness in language that is direct, shape-shifting, and lyrical. The underlying poetic procedure is assembly. His aim is to magnify and celebrate. His work in Skin is humming with the landscape, the city, and as the title suggests, the human body. Skrjanec's is the poetry of a mindful observer.