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ISBN: 9798212401425
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ISBN: 9798212401432
| Runtime: | 7.31 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A #1 Amazon bestseller in Poetry Literary Criticism
Focusing mainly on poets writing today, Ó Tuama engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limón, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Natasha Trethewey meditates on miscegenation and Mississippi; Raymond Antrobus makes poetry out of the questions shot at him by an immigration officer; Martín Espada mourns his father; Marie Howe remembers and blesses her mother's body; Aimee Nezhukumatathil offers comfort to her child-self. Through these wide-ranging poems, Ó Tuama guides us on an inspiring journey to reckon with self-acceptance, history, independence, parenthood, identity, joy, and resilience.
For anyone who has wanted to try their hand at a conversation with poetry but doesn't know where to start, Poetry Unbound presents a window through which to celebrate the art of being alive.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“With his intimate tone, Ó Tuama takes poetry out of the classroom and puts it back into the hands of the reader. He thereby makes the world a better place.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“This audiobook is a fine anthology of poetry, as well as a very good introduction, for those who need it, to how to think about poetry…Even the shortest here (only ten words long) is given shades of meaning by his performance. He is an especially good interpreter of poetry, both as a critic and as a reader. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” —AudioFile
“Magnificent…Ó Tuama’s abilities as a curator of poems, combined with his remarkable gift for unpacking poems in such illuminating and generous ways, make this ground-breaking publication one of the most engrossing books I have read in recent years." —Stephen Fry, New York Times bestselling author
O Tuama clearly has thought deeply about how poems should sound, and even the shortest here (only 10 words long) is given shades of meaning by his performance. He is an especially good interpreter of poetry, both as a critic and as a reader. —AudioFile Earphone Award Winner
Author
Author Bio: Pádraig Ó Tuama
Padraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and presenter of the podcast Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios. From 2014 to 2019 he was the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland's oldest peace and
reconciliation community. He lives in Belfast, Ireland.Titles by Author
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 7.31 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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