Kinnells frühe Jahre umfassten ein Studium an der Princeton University und einen Master-Abschluss von der University of Rochester. Sein Dienst in der US-Marine und ausgedehnte Reisen durch Europa und den Nahen Osten prägten seine Weltsicht. Nach seiner Rückkehr engagierte er sich tief in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der USA, arbeitete aktiv mit CORE zusammen und nahm an zahlreichen Märschen und Aktionen teil. Seine Poesie, die mit angesehenen Preisen ausgezeichnet wurde, spiegelt seine Erfahrungen und sein Engagement wider.
Featuring a collection of pivotal works by Galway Kinnell, this volume includes BODY RAGS, MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS, and THE PAST. It showcases some of Kinnell's most cherished and frequently anthologized poems, offering readers a glimpse into his poetic evolution. The author has revised select poems for this edition and shares insights about his creative process in a prefatory note, enriching the reader's understanding of his artistry.
That Silent Evening I will go back to that silent evening when we lay together and talked in silent voices, while outside slow lumps of soft snow fell, hushing as they got near the ground, with a fire in the room, in which centuries of tree went up in continuous ghost-giving-up, without a crackle, into morning light. Not until what hastens went slower did we sleep. When we got home we turned and looked back at our tracks twining out of the woods, where the branches we brushed against let fall puffs of sparkling snow, quickly, in silence, like stolen kisses, and where the scritch scritch scritch among the trees, which is the sound that dies inside the sparks from the wedge when the sledge hits it off center telling everything inside it is fire, jumped to a black branch, puffed up but without arms and so to our eyes lonesome, and yet also--how can we know this?--happy! in shape of chickadee. Lying still in snow, not iron-willed, like railroad tracks, willing not to meet until heaven, but here and there treading slubby kissing stops, our tracks wobble across the snow their long scratch. So many things that happen here are really little more, if even that, than a scratch, too. Words, in our mouths, are almost ready, already, to bandage the one whom the scritch scritch scritch, meaning if how when we might lose each other, scratches scratches scratches from this moment to that. Then I will go back to that silent evening, when the past just managed to overlap the future, if only by a trace, and the light doubles and casts through the dark a sparkling that heavens the earth. schovat popis
Galway Kinnell was one of America's major modern poets. This new selection - drawing on eight collections from What a Kingdom It Was (1960) to Imperfect Thirst (1994) - updated his 1982 Selected Poems, which won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. schovat popis
Galway Kinnell's twelfth poetry collection features a blend of beautiful love poems and profound reflections on elemental themes such as childhood memories, cruelty, and the intersection of art and nature. With a striking balance of joy and reverence, the poems evoke a sense of both wonder and solemnity. This energetic collection reaffirms Kinnell's status as a master of American poetry, showcasing his ability to explore deep emotional landscapes with skill and insight.
Exploring themes of nature, love, and personal relationships, this collection showcases the depth of Galway Kinnell's poetic voice. The poems reflect on his connections with family, friends, and mythic figures, as well as his experiences with sexuality. Kinnell's work captures both the beauty and complexity of life, making it a significant contribution to American poetry.
Set against the backdrop of Iran, the narrative follows Jamshid, a humble carpet mender whose life spirals into chaos after he commits murder. This pivotal act forces him to abandon his old life and embark on a transformative journey through the Iranian desert. The novel explores themes of self-discovery, moral conflict, and the complexities of identity, as Jamshid grapples with the repercussions of his actions. Galway Kinnell's vivid imagery and storytelling prowess bring depth to this revised edition of a classic work first published in 1966.
This long-awaited volume brings together for the first time the life's work of a major American voice.
Nový výbor z tvorby jednoho z nejvýznamnějších současných amerických básníků navazuje na svazek Věci, o kterých s nikým nemluvím, vydaný nakladatelstvím Odeon v roce 1986, jenž Kinnella s velkým ohlasem představil jako svérázného pokračovatele whitmanovské tradice americké poezie a tvůrce meditativních a zároveň obrazově konkrétních děl, zamýšlejících se nad místem člověka ve světě přírodních dějů i nad smyslem vlastní existence a jejího neodvratného zániku. Těžiště nové knihy tvoří tři desítky básní ze čtyř Kinnellových sbírek z let 1985—2006, jež dále rozvíjejí básníkova klíčová témata partnerské a rodičovské lásky, nevyhnutelnosti smrti a současné věčné obnovy života a svou zralostí představují vrchol autorovy celoživotní tvorby.
