"This book, these poems, leave me speechless; they are explicitly political, proudly feminist, and as beautiful as words can be; they strike me as something close to the embodiment of energy, catching you up, whipping you away in a whirl of image and idea."--The Nation "Powerful in their beauty and mystery."--Library Journal

Between the Sea and Home

Literature & Fiction

David, Almitra

Literary

The Eighth Mountain Press

Between the Sea and Home is the 1992 winner of The Eighth Mountain Poetry Prize, an annual contest for a book-length manuscript by a woman poet. The judge was Linda Hogan.

Poetry

<p>Poetry. "Purity of feeling and clarity of vision literally shine through these poems: how Almitra David can remain so uncorrupted by the evil her unflinching truthfulness confronts is one of the wonders of this collection. At the center of this book, the historical figure Beatrice Cenci speaks and acts for all those silenced, desolate women who 'could not see [because] he was in / front of my / eyes,' and asks 'what air is this / that lets my / words hang / and fade unheard.' These poems alter the very air we breathe with their recovery of the unheard, the dignity of their restraint, and the sweetness of their sorrowing compassion for us all"--Eleanor Wilner. Poems from this collection have also appeared in The American Poetry Review, The American Voice, The Beloit Poetry Journal and Ellipses.</p>

Impulse to Fly

Perugia Pr

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Between the Sea and Home

Between the Sea and Home

Impulse to Fly