This One Tree

by Katie Peterson

Overview

“By looking at the world on behalf of the world, [This One Tree] offers its poetry up as a self-portrait of the world. And with what new powers of description, powers that balance all the warring senses of this currently discredited activity of poetry by committing to the genius of place, of the scribe, and of ‘scribble,’ or language itself. And with what visual command sponsored by what insistent powers of hearing, the senses at their beginning again as they, too, always were and always will be.”
—William Olsen, from the foreword

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930974616
Publisher:	New Issues Poetry and Prose
Publication date:	03/01/2006
Series:	New Issues Poetry Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	98
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Katie Peterson is professor of the practice of poetry at Tufts University. She is the author of two other collections of poetry, This One Tree and Permission. She lives in Somerville, MA.

What People are Saying About This

William Olsen

“By looking at the world on behalf of the world, [This One Tree] offers its poetry up as a self-portrait of the world. And with what new powers of description, powers that balance all the warring senses of this currently discredited activity of poetry by committing to the genius of place, of the scribe, and of ‘scribble,’ or language itself. And with what visual command sponsored by what insistent powers of hearing, the senses at their beginning again as they, too, always were and always will be.”

Editorial Reviews

Katie Peterson’s work locates you in a more subtle way, as if you are reaching, like Mr. Ramsay in To the Lighthouse, “stumbling along a passage one dark morning,” stretching your arms out for someone. They relocate you, with a line, a word, as fast as your whole situation might change with one word, look, gesture.”—Rebecca Keith, The Millions

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