Open Wide, the Eye: Poems

by Susan Dworski Nusbaum

Overview

Moments of attentiveness illuminate our world, interrupting the rush of time to make each flash a revelation. Stopping to see what we may not have noticed, to listen, to feel, to remember past sensations, deepens our insights. This collection of poems examines the art of seeing with all the senses, unveiling the essential realities hidden in common objects and experiences. The attraction of rabbit to ripening pear, the crunch of shells on the beach, connections with strangers, with our families and places from the past, with a fresco, a wood engraving, a Bach oratorio... these small epiphanies are "the lingering strands of light...that bind each morning to the next."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603819879
Publisher:	Coffeetown Press
Publication date:	06/01/2016
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Born in Rochester, NY, Susan Dworski Nusbaum received her BA from Smith College and her law degree from the University of Buffalo Law School. She lives in Buffalo, N.Y., where she has worked as a teacher, arts administrator, and most recently as a criminal prosecutor. She has been a frequent participant in the Chautauqua Institution Writers' Festival and Chautauqua Writers' Center poetry workshops, and has served on the Board of the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Connecticut Review, Poetry East, Nimrod International Journal, Chautauqua Literary Journal, Chautauqua, Harpur Palate, Wisconsin Review, The Sow's Ear, Earth's Daughters, Artvoice, and The Buffalo News.

Editorial Reviews

"Susan Nusbaum, even as she asks 'Where will we turn next to find true love?' has created here the evidential answer itself, musical songs that are able to open wide our eyes."
--William Heyen, author of Shoah Train, National Book Award finalist

"Open Wide, the Eye is a collection of stunningly original, precise, and exquisite poems. Nusbaum's eye for the telling detail is as sharp as her ear for the music of the language, and these poems track the inner life as carefully and movingly as they track the sensory experience of this world. This is real poetry, speaking as poignantly to the heart as to the intellect."
--Laura Kasischke, author of The Infinitesimals

"Intelligent, empathetic, and widely traveled, Nusbaum is gifted with a broad yet probing vision and an ear for precision. Her poetic landscapes (as well as seascapes, skyscapes, and cityscapes) can be literally dazzling. Yet she's also impressive at conjuring sound and physical sensation, especially in poems that focus on music, or on the longing that comes with loss."
--Joan Murray, author of Swimming for the Ark

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