Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Tucson: Schaffner Press, 2019.
Stated First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink to title page. 9 3/4" X 11 1/2". 175pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial over boards. Tail of spine is gently bumped. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. A very presentable signed first edition of this visually stimulating anthology by internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise, featuring alongside their poems the most inventive and stunning portraits of poets such as Joy Harjo, Anis Mojgani, Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove, Kaveh Akbar, Kim Addonizio, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Mark Doty, Sharon Olds, Ada Limon, Danez Smith, and many more.
"In Children of Grass, books fly around Alicia Ostriker like birds, Vijay Seshadri stands on a ladder propped against the air itself, and Mark Doty is growing from the forest floor. B.A. Van Sise's photographs of contemporary poets, paired with their poems, are inspired, playful, and absolutely gorgeous. The word for what this book is, what this book gives me, is pleasure." —Maggie Smith, author of Good Bones
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical, surreal, challenging, enigmatic, joyful and sobering, these portraits— running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects—highlight some of the most influential poets of our time and celebrate creativity as only these poets in collaboration with Van Sise could convey. Children of Grass is also a timely homage to Walt Whitman—of whom Van Sise is a relative—and his masterpiece, "Leaves of Grass," during this, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Children of Grass, will, like the work of its literary grandfather, stand as a lasting tribute to the vitality and creativity that flourishes in our country.(Publisher). Very good +. Item #7814
ISBN: 9781943156825
Price: $35.00