Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932360174 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Evans, Southwest Missouri State University, SpringfieldCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. One disappointment, however, is the underrepresentation of the lesbian voice - only about a third of the offerings were written by women. From School Library Journal Grade 8 Up - Created with the intent of addressing "what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or…totally confused and freaked out," this rich collection brings together 59 poems replete with GLBT teenage angst, confusion, fear, titillation, and joy. Still, as is seen in these lines from Ron Palmer's "The Logic of Queerness" - "Finally,/I let all the seeds grow, grow, and grow/Until they kept growing and covered me with ivy so strong/And vibrant and unique that it became my reason for living./The seed that began inside me finally taught me to sing" - many of these poems speak to all queer teens and will be a source of inspiration and empowerment for an
It is valuable in that it not only provides a service of sortsgiving young adults a thing with which they can identify, a thing that might comfort, console, explain, entertain, and illuminatebut also just as importantly, it brings the pleasures of poetry to an audience for whom poetry itself might seem as unfathomable as adulthood itself.. Bend Don’t Shatter is an anthology of poetry for young adults that realistically and beautifully deals with what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or
"Direct, Honest, and Admirable" according to Dawson Progressive. Great art - and in turn, great literature - often possesses a rare quality, the ability to speak on an innate level to its audience, to make the audience feel as if the artist is speaking about an unspoken, universal quality of our own lives. And although it is difficult to say that the poets and poems of Bend Don't Shatter, are attempting some universal or transcendental quality, what they do - and do admirably well - is speak directly and honestly to the book's audience, all with an empathetic understanding. Indeed, the editors of th. wonderful collection of poetry Reviewed by Small Spiral Notebook:Bend, Don't Shatter is a joyous and heart-breaking collection of poems that examines the complexities of being a gay or lesbian teenager. The voices in these poems are heady with the strength of their newfound feelings, stark in their fear and pain, and beautiful in their depiction of first loves. There are experiences of shame and hurt in these stories, yes, but there is also hope. In "Playing for Love," Amanda R. Evans turns the language of tennis into a reflection on both the emptiness and the alway. Robert Beveridge said It has its moments, but they are few.. T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello (eds.) Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire (Red Rattle Press/Soft Skull Press, "It has its moments, but they are few." according to Robert Beveridge. T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello (eds.) Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire (Red Rattle Press/Soft Skull Press, 200It has its moments, but they are few. Robert Beveridge T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello (eds.) Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire (Red Rattle Press/Soft Skull Press, 2004)The most amazing thing about this collection is the folks they got to blurb it. The back cover contains high praise from poet Mark Doty ("These poems are for every young person who feels alone and full of longing") and Academy of American Poets Associate Director Charles Flowers ("These poems find their power in a language forged by desire and survival"). The introduction, by David Groff, promises th. )The most amazing thing about this collection is the folks they got to blurb it. The back cover contains high praise from poet Mark Doty ("These poems are for every young person who feels alone and full of longing") and Academy of American Poets Associate Director Charles Flowers ("These poems find their power in a language forged by desire and survival"). The introduction, by David Groff, promises th. 00It has its moments, but they are few. Robert Beveridge T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello (eds.) Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire (Red Rattle Press/Soft Skull Press, 2004)The most amazing thing about this collection is the folks they got to blurb it. The back cover contains high praise from poet Mark Doty ("These poems are for every young person who feels alone and full of longing") and Academy of American Poets Associate Director Charles Flowers ("These poems find their power in a language forged by desire and survival"). The introduction, by David Groff, promises th. )The most amazing thing about this collection is the folks they got to blurb it. The back cover contains high praise from poet Mark Doty ("These poems are for every young person who feels alone and full of longing") and Academy of American Poets Associate Director Charles Flowers ("These poems find their power in a language forged by desire and survival"). The introduction, by David Groff, promises th