The Lifting Dress
| Author | : Lauren Berry |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 83 |
| Release | : 2011-05-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781101528761 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1101528761 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (761 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Lifting Dress written by Lauren Berry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected for the National Poetry Series by Terrance Hayes. Lauren Berry's bracing and emotionally charged first collection of poetry delivers visions of a gothic South that Flannery O'Connor would recognize. Set in a feverish swamp town in Florida, The Lifting Dress enters the life of a teenage girl the day after she has been raped. She refuses to tell anyone what has happened, and moves silently toward adulthood in a community that offers beauty but denies apology. Through lyric narratives, readers watch her shift between mirroring and rejecting the anxious swelter of her world, until she ultimately embraces it with the same violent affection once tendered to her.
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