Life Is a Fatal Disease: Selected Poems, 1962-1995

Paula Gunn Allen

• Title

  Life Is a Fatal Disease: Selected Poems, 1962-1995

• Date 1997
• ISBN 9780931122859
• Publisher Albuquerque, NM: West End Press
• Description 198 p; 9 in
• Language English
• Collections Workshops
• Summary

  This omnibus collection richly reflects the experience of its already legendary author, invoking myth and history, tragedy and comedy, narrative and lyric, nightmare and the clear light of day. Allen works in a great tradition of storytelling and education, delight-making and argument to bring a multitude of people, places, and situations before us. Particularly compelling is the variety of her poetic skills: her rich references, her lyrical flights, and, always, her earnest and compassionate voice. (West End Press)

• Tags American poetry -- 20th century, Indigenous Poetry, Myth, Mysticism