{"product_id":"transfigurations-collected-poems-paperback-1","title":"Transfigurations: Collected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew poets have as much to tell us about the intricate relationship between the African American past and present as Jay Wright. His poems weave a rich fabric of personal history using diverse materials drawn from African, Native American, and European sources. Scholarly, historical, intuitive, and emotional, his work explores territories in which rituals of psychological and spiritual individuation find a new synthesis in the construction of cultural values. Never an ideologue but always a poet of vision, his imagination shows us a way to rejoice and strengthen ourselves in our common humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, together for the first time, are Wright's previously published collections--\u003ci\u003eThe Homecoming Singer\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eSoothsayers and Omens\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eExplications\/Interpretations\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eDimensions of History\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eThe Double Invention of Komo\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eElaine's Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), and \u003ci\u003eBoleros\u003c\/i\u003e (1991)--along with the new poems of \u003ci\u003eTransformations\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). By presenting Wright's work as a whole, this collection reveals the powerful consistency of his theme--a spiritual or intellectual quest for personal development--as each book builds solidly upon the previous one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wright examines history from a multicultural perspective, attempting to conquer a sense of exclusion--from society and his own cultural identity--and find solace and accord by linking American society to African traditions. He believes that a poem must articulate the vital rhythms of the culture it depicts and is dedicated to a pursuit of poetic forms that embody the cadence of African American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDefying characterization, Wright has experimented with voices, languages, cultures, and forms not normally associated with African American literature. He is well schooled in the cultures of West Africa, Europe, and the Americas, and--true to his New Mexican birth--he is a powerful synthesizer of human experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransfigurations\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Wright to be a man of profound knowledge and a poet of exalted verbal intensity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet and playwright Jay Wright has received numerous awards, including the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Lifetime Achievement, the L. L. Winship\/PEN Award, the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 62nd Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets. A MacArthur Fellow and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wright lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350584574201,"sku":"9780807126301","price":43.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TGlhZElyOVdYclVScVFNVWFNRzVJdz09_a0007c9a-84eb-4d2d-9810-8e31dbbeb273.webp?v=1769786968","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/transfigurations-collected-poems-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}