Silences (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781632430755)

Within the visual arts of painting and photography, Martha Ronk finds an undeniable presence lurking: silence. This character slips into pauses, hides between images, and expertly evades the grasp of language. Ronk shows us that what is hidden just off screen in these images might just be the force that gives them power. The poems in Silences seek possibilities of how to form language from a phenomenon that so earnestly resists it. Rather than coax silence out of hiding, Ronk's poems respond to its mysterious presence through questions and conjecture.

These poems endeavor to give a much-deserved voice to silence, addressing the power of what is not seen. While silence remains perpetually out of reach, Ronk invites us to follow the language that creeps up to its edges. The poems in this collection form an inquiry that moves through the presence of silence and reveals insights into the character of the visual art in which it lives.


Author: Martha Ronk
ISBN-10: 1632430754
ISBN-13: 9781632430755
Publisher: Omnidawn
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2019
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.30d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 101