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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Broken String

The Broken String

Schulman, Grace

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0547085982
ISBN13: 9780547085982
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: Sep 22 2008
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.56 Depth: 8.24
Language: English

One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman's performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane's improvisations embody her own heart's desire to get it right on the first take; the wind plays a harp-shaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. In the words of Wallace Shawn, When I read her, she makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel that there is so much out there, and it's unbearable to miss any of it.

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