Seeking

Poetry and Prose Inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-61117-091-7
Verlag: University of South Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

The best art has the uncanny ability not only to give pleasure to those who view it but also to inspire a desire to respond. The best artists are a force for all art, and renowned Gullah artist Jonathan Green's work has inspired a wide range of responses from artists around the world. In <em>Seeking</em> we see how Green's art prompts works of poetry, prose, and memoir. <em>Seeking</em>'s evocative power lies in the intimacy of this dialogue, which speaks to the shared sense of landscape and culture that Green stirs in these writers, ranging from close friends and fellow artists from his home state of South Carolina to nationally established authors who regard Green's work as an important cultural institution. The contributors have allowed themselves to be challenged by Green's brilliance, his honesty, his intense spirituality, and his deep love of people. Inspired by a personal quest toward induction into a spiritual community, Green's painting <em>Seeking</em> is rich with history, myth, and truth. The writers in this collection have found fertile ground for their own responses to Green's work, and the result is an engaging and enlivening chorus of celebratory voices.<br><br>Edited by Kwame Dawes and Marjory Wentworth, this collection features eleven colour paintings by Green in addition to a preface on the history of the project, information on the painting <em>Seeking</em>, and an artist's statement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dawes, Kwame

Wentworth, Marjory

Über Autor(innen)

A prolific author and editor in myriad genres, <em>Kwame Dawes</em> has written sixteen collections of poetry, most recently <em>Back of Mount Peace</em> and <em>Wheels</em>. Dawes won an Emmy Award for his poetry and reporting on HIV/AIDS in his native Jamaica, and he is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Forward Poetry Prize, and the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Dawes is the Glenna Luschei Editor of <em>Prairie Schooner </em>and a Chancellor's Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA.<br><br>South Carolina Poet Laureate <strong>Marjory Wentworth</strong>'s poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize four times. Her collections of poetry include <em>Noticing Eden, Despite Gravity, What the Water Gives Me,</em> and <em>The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle</em>. Wentworth is also the author of an award-winning children's book, <em>Shackles</em>, and of <em>Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights, </em>with Juan E. Méndez.