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Implicate Me: Short Essays on Reading Contemporary Poems (Kindle)
Guernica Editions, 2010
Kindle (eBook)
ISBN13: 9781550715453
English
$9.95 Canada, $9.95 US
The thirty-three authors whose poems appear in this collection are: Jonathan Bennett, Rosemary Blake, Allan Briesmaster, Robin Blackburn, Clara Blackwood, James Clarke, Ron Charach, Margaret Christakos, Antonio D'Alfonso, Christopher Doda, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Keith Garebian, Ellen S. Jaffe, Steven Laird, John B. Lee, Malca Litovitz, Laura Lush, Joseph Maviglia, Steve McOrmond, Merle Nudelman, John O'Neill, John Oughton, Ruth Panofsky, Gianna Patriarca, B.W. Powe, Patria Rivera, Julie Roorda, Stuart Ross, Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, Adam Sol, Sheila Stewart, Pasquale Verdicchio, and Paul Vermeersch.
A writer of poetry herself, Elana Wolff mediates between writer and reader through the medium of the poem, and shows how, by the act of reading a poem, we become implicated in the poetic process. In these essays, she offers the benefit of her experience, her keen ear and eye, heart and mind; she helps her readers travel through the labyrinth of the poem, following threads of language, imagery, and meaning, and leads us out to the other side, ready to read the piece again and yet again.
Ellen S. Jaffe, from the Introduction
Implicate Me is the best book of poetry appreciation I've read in a long, long time"succinct, yet packed with insight, understanding, and generous empathy. I'm amazed at the depth, thoroughness and accuracy of the "takes"on the way each poem yields its full significance. Reading this collection has given me new insight and inspiration. I won't single out any particular essay because they're all so different and good. Suffice to say, when Elana Wolff applies the clear magnifying glass of her art of parsing, poems come to life and sing.
James Clarke
Implicate Me is a beautiful performance. Each vignette is a small gem, a small world - the way of a good short story. As I read each piece, I felt I was being led/let into a privileged place and a new country was being opened before me.
Rosemary Blake
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