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Lost Language

by Faith Shearin
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Praise for Lost Language Faith Shearin knows how to chart the landscape of loss with a skill you do not have to be a widow (or in my case, a widower) to appreciate fully. The persona of these poems is "the last native speaker of the language of our marriage," a woman who is finding her way even though she can now "only speak grief." I found myself rooting for her, for her heart, for the survival of her now diminished family "because a person alone is just a person." This beautiful book has become a part of my own healing.-Taylor Mali, author of Late Father & Other Poems "Faith Shearin lifts back the barzakh, the veil between the living and the dead, in her latest and unquestionably best book of poetry. She takes something familiar to all of us-grief-and refashions it, coaxing a beautiful tune from a broken piano." -B.A. Van Sise, author of Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry What shall I praise first? Shearin's unparalleled lyric gifts,

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  • Release date

    April 5, 2024

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781950413294

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      • ISBN: 9781950413294
      • File size: 2163 KB

  • Languages

    • English

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  • OverDrive Read
  • Open PDF ebook

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  • English

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