Zither & Autobiography by Leslie Scalapino

Zither & Autobiography

$15.95
$15.95
Skip to product information
Zither & Autobiography by Leslie Scalapino
  • Zither & Autobiography by Leslie Scalapino
Zither & Autobiography

Wesleyan University Press

Zither & Autobiography

by Leslie Scalapino

$15.95
$15.95
In stock

Ready to ship in 3 - 5 days

A reflective, eclectic mixture of poetry and prose.

Zither & Autobiography is comprised of two parts: the author's autobiography and a book-length poem entitled "Zither." Both parts of the book are concerned with facts and their undoing. In Autobiography, Scalapino explores her shifting memories of childhood--especially of years spent in Asia--experimenting with the memoir form to explore how a view of one's own life develops, how "fixed memories move as illusion."

Zither opens with a unique narrative that the author describes as "samurai film as Classic Comic of Shakespeare's King Lear (without using any of Shakespeare's language, characters or plot)." Creating a complex spatial soundscape, the poem works formally to allow continual change of one's conceptions while reading. The juxtaposition of the two parts and the connection between them is "the anarchist moment...disjunction itself," a key concept in much of Scalapino's work. This vivid book reveals in every thought-sparking section just why Scalapino has been hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most unique and powerful writers at the forefront of American literature."
Book Details
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
ISBN:
9780819564771
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
120
Authors:
Leslie Scalapino
Published Date:
2003-05-28
Language:
English
Shipping

Ships directly to you from our US distribution partner. US delivery only.

This title is printed to order. Printing takes 3–5 days before it ships.

Estimated total time for this book on its own:

  • Economy 6–13 days
  • Expedited 5–10 days
  • Priority 4–9 days

Orders with more than one book may arrive in separate deliveries. Pre-orders always ship separately once the book is released.
Returns

We offer a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it: new, unworn or unused, and in its original packaging. See details on our Return & Refund policy.

See more

African American & Black All Poetry Language Poetry

About Leslie Scalapino

A poet, prose writer, and editor associated with experimental American poetry, Leslie Scalapino (1944-2010) earned a bachelor's degree from Reed College and a master's in English from the University of California, Berkeley. Her collection way (North Point Press, 1988) received the American Book Award, and her many books include Considering how exaggerated music is (North Point Press, 1982), that they were at the beach (North Point Press, 1985), New Time (Wesleyan University Press, 1999), and It's go in horizontal: Selected Poems 1974-2006 (University of California Press, 2008). Founder of the press O Books, she received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1976 and taught at Bard College and Mills College. She died in Berkeley, California.

If this information requires correction, please contact info@thepoetryshop.com.

You may also like

If any information on The Poetry Shop contains an error that requires correction, please contact info@thepoetryshop.com