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A scintillating collection of essays on language from one of literature's most supple minds
In The Night Sky, her first work of essays, acclaimed poet Ann Lauterbach writes of the ways in which art and poetry are integral and necessary to human conversation. At the center of the book is a series of seven essays, by turns meditative and polemical, that articulate the interstices between Lauterbach's poetics and her experience. She advocates an active encounter with language, at once imaginative and practical, and argues for the importance of art to the well- being of a democratic society. Lauterbach's "nimble and glittering" (Booklist) writings bring us to a new understanding of the relationship between self-knowledge and cultural meaning, as well as demonstrating the ways in which contemporary philosophy and theory might be integrated with practical knowledge.
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Mike Bauer
reviewed The Night Sky: Writings on the Poetics of Experience on January 04, 2011
The Night Sky: Writings on the Poetics of Experience
It should come as no surprise that the muscularity Lauterbach brings to her prose is considerable -- having read a good amount of her poetry prior to reading this collection of her prose, I was already somewhat familiar with hey prodigious skills with the manipulation and coercion of langueg. What I was less prepared for was an all-out display of her incredible intellect, as well as a wealth of references she draws from in even the most humble essay.
The central piece in this text is the 7-part titular essay, which attempts (among other things) to answer some of the following questions: What is art good for? Why do our choices matter? Do artists (and specifically poets) truly benefit society? The result is a long winding soliloquy of the highest nature, that I found myself eager to become lost in, and far less eager to finish.
Other stand-outs include her touching piece "Remembering Joe Brainard" (one of his collages appears of the cover), various introductions given to contemporary writers (Fanny Howe, Rosemarie Waldrop, Whitman and Emerson), and a chilling and vivid portayal of 9/11, among others. In each, the language is pitch-perfect and soaring in its rigor -- it's almost impossible not to become excited by her prose. This is one I'm going to have to read and re-read for many years to come.
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