A quiet skin
Laurie Sheck, "A quiet skin" from Captivity. Copyright © 2007 by Laurie Sheck. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Poet Laurie Sheck
Subjects Living, Disappointment & Failure, Sorrow & Grieving, Time & Brevity, Nature, Landscapes & Pastorals, The Body
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Born and raised in the Bronx, poet Laurie Sheck was educated at the University of Iowa. She has published several collections of poetry, including Captivity (2007); The Willow Grove (1996), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Amaranth (1981). Her poems often use myths as frames within which to explore ideas of motion and stillness, consciousness and the body. In a 2002 interview, speaking to the attentiveness, rather than . . .
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SUBJECT Living, Disappointment & Failure, Sorrow & Grieving, Time & Brevity, Nature, Landscapes & Pastorals, The Body
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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