Miriam Sagan
8) Castaway
Author
Physical Desc
73 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"New poetry from award-winning, widely recognized Miriam Sagan, author of more than 30 books. The poems in Castaway speak to journeys between opposing worlds: illness and health, the self and the landscape, dry land and rising sea. The long narrative poem at the book's heart -- 'The Librarian at Sea-Level' -- chronicles Sasha, who refuses to leave her library as the ocean engulfs San Francisco, and her neighbor, Mr. Vishnu, the archetypical Preserver....
Author
Physical Desc
83 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Miriam Sagan has written a book that tells in poetic beauty the often difficult and frequently uplifting history of her own life and challenges as she tumbles through the mixture of events that helped contribute to the writer that she is today"--