Cracked Piano - Taft Stever, Margo

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Résumé :
Margo Taft Stever acutely observes and describes human society, past and present. From her compelling and beautiful descriptions of life inside a nineteenth-century private insane asylum to her colorful and often critical depiction of elements of contemporary society, her poems profoundly speak to us. They describe the delicate line between the certifiably insane and the irrationality of everyday life; they depict a society sometimes harsh and ugly, sometimes soft and loving, with stunning visual imagery. Stever speaks to us about our interactions with each other and with the natural world. Each segment tells its own story that captures us and makes us think.

Biographie:
Margo Taft Stever's poetry collections include The Lunatic Ball, The Hudson Line, Frozen Spring, and Reading the Night Sky. She co-authored with her son, James Taft Stever, Looking East: William Howard Taft and the 1905 U.S. Diplomatic Mission to China. Her poems, essays, and reviews have appeared widely in magazines and anthologies. She is founder of the Hudson Valley Writers' Center and founding and current co-editor of Slapering Hol Press. For more information about Margo, please see www.margotaftstever.com.