The Life

"An exquisite book of poetry with a lens on motherhood that's existential, funny and tender." --Elle

Acclaimed poet Carrie Fountain deepens her exploration of the domestic in a new collection of playful and wise poems

The poems in Carrie Fountain's third collection, The Life, exist somewhere, as Rilke says, between "our daily life" and "the great work"--an interstitial space where sidelong glances live alongside shouts to heaven. In elegant, colloquial language, Fountain observes her children dressing themselves in fledgling layers of personhood, creating their own private worlds and personalities, and makes room for genuine marvels in the midst of routine. Attuned to the delicate, fleeting moments that together comprise a life, these poems offer a guide by which to navigate the signs and symbols, and to pilot if not the perfect life, the only life, the life we are given.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 04/27/2021
ISBN: 9780143136019
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/17/2021
Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 118