Dancing On The Edge

In her haunting fourth collection, National Poetry Series winner Joan Murray takes the challenge of performing poetry's original and still necessary tasks in the uncertain landscape of a new millennium.

Widely praised for the exceptional humanity and technical virtuosity of her earlier collections, Murray now explores the daily struggles of life and death in the natural world, the hidden pleasures and ironies of life in small-town America, the vulnerable underside of artistic communities, and the myriad complexities that pervade our dreams and relationships in this new century. With wit, generosity, and unflinching honesty, Murray gives us poems that mourn and praise, illuminate and challenge.

In cea de-a patra colectie obsedanta, castigatoarea Seriei Nationale de Poezie, Joan Murray, isi asuma provocarea de a indeplini sarcinile originale si inca necesare ale poeziei in peisajul incert al unui nou mileniu. lupte zilnice de viata si moarte in lumea naturala, placerile ascunse si ironiile vietii din America orasului mic, partea vulnerabila a comunitatilor artistice si nenumaratele complexitati care patrund in visele si relatiile noastre din acest nou secol.