Thrall: Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544586204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Need to give her another shot Tony Brewer This book did not amaze me. Loved the concept. Loved the more personal poems. The ekphrasis-type poems I felt were too distant from the original works, and also too descriptive since the artworks themselves were not included. I could see but not feel what she was trying to accomplish there. Seemed like too much poetry, not enough poems.This was my first book by Ms. Trethewey. I . "Food for Thought and for enjoyment" according to Auntie Annie. Natasha Trethewey's name is well recognized (she won the Pulitzer in 2007). I am ashamed to say this is the first time I've read her work. Thrall, a small volume containing just seventy-some pages, delves into the emotions and family relationships of mixed-race children as well as their place in various societies. It is poignant, and it is spell-binding. Trethewey speaks of Jeff. Shirley Rickett said Yes, It's good, of course. I found these poems to be intriguing and the book seems to fit the current editor preferences for a "theme" in a collection. It speaks well to the experiences of biracial people, and I know Trethaway is the new poet laureate with many accolades to her name. This is the first of her work I've read, so to be fair, I need to read more of her work including that which won the Pulitz
Poet Laureate, he drew attention to the way her poems “dig beneath the surface of history,” both national and familial. By focusing on the artistically talented slave of the painter Diego Velázquez, rather than the famous master, or by unpacking the strange taxonomies of skin tone in colonial Mexico, Trethewey continues important work toward internalizing and making tangible for today’s readers large swaths of racial legacy. --Diego Báez . In Thrall, Trethewey examines the conflicting feelings of resentme
While tropes about captivity, bondage, knowledge, and enthrallment permeate the collection, Trethewey unflinchingly examines our shared past by reflecting on her history of small estrangements and by confronting the complexities of race and the deeply ingrained and unexamined notions of racial difference in America. 19th Poet Laureate of the United States “A powerful, beautifully crafted book.”—The Washington Post “Ripe with the perfidies and paradoxes of thralldom both personal and public, it is utterly elegant.”—Elle Charting the intersections of public and personal history, Thrall explores the historical, cultural, and social forces that determine the roles to which a mixed-race daughter and her white father are consigned. James Billington, Librarian of Congress. In a brilliant series of poems about the taxonomies of mixed unions, Natasha Trethewey creates a fluent and vivid backdrop to her own familial predicament. “Natasha Trethewey’s Thrall is simply the finest work of her already distinguished career Rarely has any poetic intersection of cultural and personal histories felt more inevitable, more painful, or profound.” —David St. Her poems tel