About the book
\"Jane Hirshfield is one of our finest, most memorable contemporary poets.\" —David Baker, The American Poet
\"Hirshfield's poems . . . send ripples across the reflecting pool of our collective consciousness.\" — Booklist (starred review)
A profound, generous, and masterful sixth lyrical collection by one of the preeminent American poets of her generation, After explores incarnation, transience, and our intimate connection with others and with all existence. Jane Hirshfield’s alert, incisive, and compassionate philosophical poetry examines the human condition through subjects ranging from sparseness, possibility, judgment, and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, the meanings to be found in generally overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. In respective series of “assays” (meditative imaginative accountings) and “pebbles” (each a “brief, easily pocketable perception that remains incomplete until the reader’s own response awakens inside it”), Hirshfield explores a poetry-making that looks simultaneously outward and inward, finding resonant and precise containers for the deepest currents of our inner life.
This award-winning collection holds space for life's profound questions:
- Meditative Poetry: Unique \"assays\" and \"pebbles\" that find resonant meaning in subjects from global warming to the metaphysics of sneezing.
- Nature Poetry: An incisive look at the natural world that reflects our own transience, from a badger's breath beneath the snow to the heat of autumn.
- Poems on Life and Death: A compassionate exploration of incarnation, grief, and our intimate connection to an existence that is always passing.
- The Human Condition: Alert and compassionate verses that examine our inner lives, from overlooked parts of speech to the quiet moments that define us.
Editions of After
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780060779191
- EBook
- ISBN 9780062008596
Read an Excerpt
\"Jane Hirshfield is one of our finest, most memorable contemporary poets.\" —David Baker, The American Poet
\"Hirshfield's poems . . . send ripples across the reflecting pool of our collective consciousness.\" — Booklist (starred review)
A profound, generous, and masterful sixth lyrical collection by one of the preeminent American poets of her generation, After explores incarnation, transience, and our intimate connection with others and with all existence. Jane Hirshfield’s alert, incisive, and compassionate philosophical poetry examines the human condition through subjects ranging from sparseness, possibility, judgment, and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, the meanings to be found in generally overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. In respective series of “assays” (meditative imaginative accountings) and “pebbles” (each a “brief, easily pocketable perception that remains incomplete until the reader’s own response awakens inside it”), Hirshfield explores a poetry-making that looks simultaneously outward and inward, finding resonant and precise containers for the deepest currents of our inner life.
This award-winning collection holds space for life's profound questions:
- Meditative Poetry: Unique \"assays\" and \"pebbles\" that find resonant meaning in subjects from global warming to the metaphysics of sneezing.
- Nature Poetry: An incisive look at the natural world that reflects our own transience, from a badger's breath beneath the snow to the heat of autumn.
- Poems on Life and Death: A compassionate exploration of incarnation, grief, and our intimate connection to an existence that is always passing.
- The Human Condition: Alert and compassionate verses that examine our inner lives, from overlooked parts of speech to the quiet moments that define us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is After about?
\"Jane Hirshfield is one of our finest, most memorable contemporary poets.\" —David Baker, The American Poet
\"Hirshfield's poems . . . send ripples across the reflecting pool of our collective consciousness.\" — Booklist (starred review)
A profound, generous, and masterful sixth lyrical collection by one of the preeminent American poets of her generation, After explores incarnation, transience, and our intimate connection with others and with all existence. Jane Hirshfield’s alert, incisive, and compassionate philosophical poetry examines the human condition through subjects ranging from sparseness, possibility, judgment, and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, the meanings to be found in generally overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. In respective series of “assays” (meditative imaginative accountings) and “pebbles” (each a “brief, easily pocketable perception that remains incomplete until the reader’s own response awakens inside it”), Hirshfield explores a poetry-making that looks simultaneously outward and inward, finding resonant and precise containers for the deepest currents of our inner life.
This award-winning collection holds space for life's profound questions:
- Meditative Poetry: Unique \"assays\" and \"pebbles\" that find resonant meaning in subjects from global warming to the metaphysics of sneezing.
- Nature Poetry: An incisive look at the natural world that reflects our own transience, from a badger's breath beneath the snow to the heat of autumn.
- Poems on Life and Death: A compassionate exploration of incarnation, grief, and our intimate connection to an existence that is always passing.
- The Human Condition: Alert and compassionate verses that examine our inner lives, from overlooked parts of speech to the quiet moments that define us.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in After?
Fiction > Fiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: narrative themes > Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Where can I read a sample of After?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780060779191
Who is/are the Author/s of the book After?
Jane Hirshfield
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
After is available as paperback(ISBN 9780060779191) and ebook(ISBN 9780062008596)
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