North American Stadiums. Grady Chambers

• Тип: Текст
• Автор: Grady Chambers
• Издательство: Ingram(2020)
• ISBN: 9781571319937
• Страниц: 46
• Язык: Английский

• Жанры: Зарубежная поэзия

Winner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, &lt;i&gt;North American Stadiums&lt;/i&gt; is an assured debut collection about grace—the places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; <br/> &quot;You were supposed to find God here / the signs said." In these poems, hinterlands demand our close attention; overlooked places of industry become sites for pilgrimage; and history large and small—of a city, of a family, of a shirt—is unearthed. Here is a factory emptying for the day, a snowy road just past border patrol, a baseball game at dusk. Mile signs point us toward Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Chicago. And god is not the God expected, but the still moment amid movement: a field «lit like the heart / of the night,» black stars stitched to the yellow sweatshirts of men in a crowd.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; A map «bleached / pale by time and weather,» &lt;i&gt;North American Stadiums&lt;/i&gt; is a collection at once resolutely unsentimental yet deeply tender, illuminating the historical forces that shape the places we inhabit and how those places, in turn, shape us.