Wild Brides

by Laura Kasischke, Unknown Author

This first collection of poems is an extraordinary book by an authentic young poet. Laura Kasischke's work is powerful in its vision, its memorable personas, its haunting music. The imaginative details in these poems throw the reader off-balance with their strange blend of savagery and sweetness, tragedy and joy. Here is a poet who is able to leave things unsaid, to evoke the mysteries of folklore and life both sadly and wisely, and to combine the ancient and the contemporary with an eerie intensity. The result is a brilliant book of poems full of dark and stunning images that cannot be comfortably forgotten.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Laura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and American poet with poetry awards and multiple well reviewed works of fiction. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers, and the Beatrice Hawley Award. She is the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as several Pushcart Prizes.

Her novel The Life Before Her Eyes is the basis for the film of the same name, directed by Vadim Perelman, and starring Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood. Kasischke's work is particularly well-received in France, where she is widely read in translation. Her novel A moi pour toujours (Be Mine) was published by Christian Bourgois, and was a national best seller.

Kasischke attended the University of Michigan and Columbia University. She is also currently a Professor of English Language and of the Residential College at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan, with her husband and son.

Reviews

[Greig Grey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rarely read poetry but this was amazing! Incredible grip on our language.

[Chelsea]

“Love dies slowly but it does and what it leaves behind looks just like love.”

My professor’s first poetry collection—hoping to make my way through more of her works. She bends language in such a beautiful way.

[Claire Niclause · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textes très particuliers, sans aucun doute uniques, mais je n'ai pas vraiment accroché

[Luan Jacky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miam, womanhood at its best, weird and gruesome imagery, excellent

[Iris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was really hard to rate. A lot of poems were just astounding, and true, and marvelous, and exciting. But others in the book really fell flat for me. Unhelpful review!

[Genevieve L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting intro to Laura Kasischke's poetry. I'll dig more of her.