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A Ladder of Cranes
2015
Overview
Whether watching men releasing caged birds at dawn in New York City
or a ladder of cranes rising from a field in Manitoba, Tom Sexton
is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of the natural and
human worlds. The former Alaska poet laureate takes to the road in
this new collection, wending a lyrical and at times mystical path
between Alaska and New England. Travelers along the way include the
fabled wolf of Gubbio, old and lame and long past his taming
encounter with Saint Francis of Assisi, and Chinese poet Li Bai
chanting to a Yangtze River dolphin. Yet, while Sexton's journey
crosses borders-and occasionally centuries-his ultimate destination
is always the landscape and people of Alaska. A Ladder of
Cranes showcases Sexton's mastery of both traditional forms
and free verse. The tensions of his formal influences, Chinese and
European, force the reader to experience these spare lines and
tight observations in stunning new ways.
Publisher
University of Alaska Press
Subject
ISBN
9781602232570, 1602232571, 9781602232587, 160223258X
