Atlas: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781571314192)

This debut collection of poetry by Katrina Vandenberg draws on different meanings of the title, carrying lines from one poem to the next and capturing the reverberations of events across time and place. One poem links an image of the poet's sister -- paused in housekeeping work -- to a maid in a Vermeer painting and a woman being "made over" on Oprah. Another compares an ex-lover's HIV to a 19th-century tulip epidemic. Quiet yet forthright, intimate yet generous, Vandenberg's poems map the intersections of history, art, love, death, and desire.

Author: Katrina Vandenberg
ISBN-10: 1571314199
ISBN-13: 9781571314192
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2004
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.36w x 0.30d
Award: Minnesota Book Award - Finalist