Reasons for Writing Poetry by Eduardo Chirinos (English) Paperback Book

Description: Reasons for Writing Poetry by Eduardo Chirinos, G.J. Racz Reasons for Writing Poetry is the first collection of verse to appear in English from the internationally acclaimed Peruvian poet Eduardo Chirinos. The poems, carefully chosen for this edition by the author and translator, reveal with simple eloquence how poetry may be written in todays world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reasons for Writing Poetry is the first collection of verse to appear in English from the internationally acclaimed Peruvian poet Eduardo Chirinos (Lima, 1960). This selection of works, spanning nearly thirty years of poetic output, was carefully chosen for this edition by the author in collaboration with his long-time translator. Chirinos is well known in his native country and the author of sixteen books of poetry in addition to volumes of academic criticism, essays, translations, and childrens books. A member of Perus 80s Generation, his work has been widely anthologized throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Several of Chirinoss poems have appeared in literary journals in English translation.The present volume charts the growth of a poet whose fondness for masks is manifest in the frequently dialogic, even polyvocal discourse of his work. Chirinoss poetry is marked by a wry tone and simple lyric eloquence. Accessible, ironic, and always entertaining, the poems in Reasons for Writing Poetry treat time and again Chirinoss favourite subjects and themes: the return to childhood, the vagaries of memory, the alternative reality of dream, a fascination with animals, the utility of seeing and hearing, the writers place in poetic tradition, and the never-ending search for originality through innovative expression. Notes One of the most outstanding Latin American poets of the last thirty years. -- Jose Miguel Oviedo, author of Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana ...contemporary, minimalist, and seductively expressive... -- Eduardo Milan and Ernesto Lumbreras, editors of Pristina y ultima piedra: Antologia de la poesia hispanoamericana presente Author Biography EDUARDO CHIRINOS (Lima, Peru, 1960), an internationally acclaimed voice in Latin American letters, is the author of sixteen books of poetry as well as volumes of academic criticism, numerous essays, translations, and childrens books. His most recent poetry title, While the Wolf Is Around won the Generation of 27 International Poetry Prize, Spain, 2010. He is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Montana. D; D; Table of Contents "No, the Sphinx Doesnt Want an Answer": The Poetics of Eduardo Chirinosfrom The Notebooks of Horacio MorellBeatus Ille (Natural History)A Poem for Groucho, the One with the MoustacheThe Giraffe and Bus Derbyfrom Chronicles of a Man of LeisureThe Dead RocksFree Version of the Stanzas the Young Ali-Nur Recited Before Kutait the Gaoler... from Fingerprint FileFood for FireA Hot Wind Blows Over Desert DunesLike the Ice of a Dark Passion(Nebuchadnezzars Dream)from The Book of EncountersChildhood Revisited(Corrales, Tumbes 1965)The Best of the Poets of Romefrom Rituals of Knowledge and DreamCassandras MonologueTiresias SpeaksSermon on Deathfrom Songs of the Arks BlacksmithSongs of the Arks BlacksmithFilmsSea StoriesRussian LegendsThree Domestic PoemsWinter LampsChristmas in Bavaria, 1986The Dream Is OverLima Revisitedfrom Remember, Body…The Conch and the RoseLove and the SeaThe Fable of Ophelia and SegismundPirate of Memoryfrom The Bayard Street Tightrope Walker The Bayard Street Tightrope WalkerRaritan BluesThe Raccoons in Johnson ParkIthacaRiver RabbitsPatersonAutumns DefeatDream of SirensThe RainHow Poems DieCentral Parkfrom The Waters ABCsRats & MiceScrawling CrowsThe Carousel in Recreation ParkThe Sound of the SusquehannaJust an Average DogReasons for Writing PoetryThe Millennium Is Coming to an EndMonologue of Poet and Musefrom A Brief History of MusicDance of the Wind(Anonymous. Berbérie, c. 1300)Brandenburgische Konzert N° 2Winter(The Four Seasons)FÜr EliseGrande Valse BrillanteNight on Bald MountainRussian Easter Festival OvertureLe Carnaval des AnimauxGnossiennesDaughters of the Lonesome Islefrom Written in MissoulaPoets HouseBuffaloThe St. Ignatius Indian Mission(Montana, 1854)The Color of NightfallMortally Wounded OkapiBearsThe Cat and the MoonTo Reach Missoulafrom The FakerAn Afternoon in the Prado MuseumThe Cemeteryfrom No Nightingales on My FingerSeven-Line PoemBlank SheetsWith My Shadowy MouthNot Even HandsDry Leaves, SnowLa SolitudineHoracio MorellNo Nightingales on My Fingerfrom The Smoke of Distant FiresA Theory of Sight After a Poem by SeferisThe Book of My Life or My Conversations with Saint Teresa of ÁvilaPutting My Library in Order Before BedtimeLetters that Arrive without FanfareNotes Promotional One of the most outstanding Latin American poets of the last thirty years. -- Jose Miguel Oviedo, author of Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana ...contemporary, minimalist, and seductively expressive... -- Eduardo Milan and Ernesto Lumbreras, editors of Pristina y ultima piedra: Antologia de la poesia hispanoamericana presente Excerpt from Book The Giraffe and Bus DerbySo we spend all our time circling a shoe-print,galloping along on a giraffes back,crashing into our own circumstancesand brandishing swords that might be radio antennaeor second-hand golf clubs.Sometimes we sleep long owl nightsatop rocks that butt into the game,opening the doors of our Swiss chalet to piss in the lakeand feed the giraffe as a reward for its benevolence.Other times we prefer to retire without sleepingand peruse some atlas, animal volume or book of poems,looking a great deal like the clown in the Easter parade.To break from routine you stand on your headand look up the hardest word in the dictionary,sticking your legs out the tallest buildings top-floor windowand shouting it out(all the while securing the saddle on your giraffein case people finally understand youand you have to fly off to strange lands where youre not known).If you are prevented from doing this,you simply draw your face in the middle of the roadand make the cars swerve by brandishing a toy pistol.Butshould you emerge victorious this wayyou will continue circling the shoe-printor will have to set off on a trip.So it is that the saddest thing in the world is having no nameto scribble on the back seat of the bus youre traveling on. Details ISBN1844715213 Publisher Salt Publishing Series Earthworks ISBN-10 1844715213 ISBN-13 9781844715213 Format Paperback Author G.J. Racz Pages 184 Translator G.J. Racz Imprint Salt Publishing Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Spanish Short Title REASONS FOR WRITING POETRY Language English Media Book Year 2011 DEWEY 811.6 Publication Date 2011-02-01 UK Release Date 2011-02-01 AU Release Date 2011-02-01 NZ Release Date 2011-02-01 Audience General Illustrations Not illustrated We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:39037089;

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