Binding: Paperback
Description: The speaker in Shelley Puhak's Harbinger is no closer to knowing herself than I am than we are which is why we trust her. Each similarly titled poem holds a triptych mirror up to the artist and in so doing up to us all so we may better see ourselves as we are. In ever - changing form. Nicole Sealey A stunning meditation on artistic creation and historical memory from the winner of the National Poetry Series chosen by Nicole Sealey From Portrait of the artist gaslit to Portrait of the artist's ancestors to Portrait of the artist reading a newspaper the poems in Harbinger reflect the many facets of the artistic self as well as the myriad influences and experiences that contribute to that identity. Portrait of the artist as a young man has long been the default position but these poems carve out a different vantage point. Seen through the lens of motherhood of working as a waitress of watching election results come in or of simply sitting in a waiting room making art and making an artist is a process wherein historical events collide with lived experience both deeply personal but also unfailingly political. When we make art for what (and to whom) are we accountable? And what does art - making demand of us especially as apocalypse looms? With its surprising insights Harbinger the latest book from acclaimed poet Shelley Puhak shows us the reality of the constantly evolving and unstable self a portrait of the artist as fragmentary impressionable and always in flux.
Title: Harbinger Poems
Author(s): Puhak Shelley
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063233966
Pages: 80 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/18/2022
Series: National Poetry Series