vanitas: A still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre incorporating symbols of mortality or mutability. --The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Jane McKinley weaves together memories, myths, and interior worlds to create a vanitas of her own. With an oboist's mastery of rhythm and form and a painterly eye for detail, the poet retraces scenes from her childhood, allowing us to witness its shattering conclusion: the death of a beloved sister and its silent aftershocks.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 02/15/2011
ISBN: 9780896726840
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.80w x 0.70d