{"id":3315,"date":"2010-03-12T10:05:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2010-03-12T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:05:53","slug":"3315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/3315\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Most happy to be able to report that last night Rae Armantrout was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award<\/a> for her book Versed<\/strong><\/em><\/a> from Wesleyan University Press. As Ron Silliman has said about Rae’s work:<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to read a book by Rae Armantrout in a single sitting is like trying to drink a bowl of diamonds. What\u2019s inside is all so shiny & clear & even tiny that it appears perfectly do-able. But the stones are so hard & their edges so chiseled that the instant you begin they\u2019ll start to rip your insides apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is one of those gems from the new book:<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

while all the while
\nthe sea breaks
\nand rolls, painlessly, under.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we\u2019re not copying it,
\nwe\u2019re lonely.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is this the knowledge
\nthat demands to be
\npassed down?<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is made from swatches
\nof heaven and hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we\u2019re not killing it,
\nwe\u2019re hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014from \u201cSimple\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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