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false <![CDATA[Only Bread Only Light]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180477346m/1045524.jpg 1045524 1 With this, his first collection of poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (author of the memoir Planet of the Blind) explores blindness and curiosity, loneliness and the found instruments of continuation. Exploiting the seeming contradiction of poetry's reliance upon visual imagery with Kuusisto's own sightlessness, these poems cultivate a world of listening: to the natural world, to the voices of family and strangers, to music and the words of great writers and thinkers. Kuusisto has written elsewhere, "I see like a person who looks through a kaleidoscope; my impressions of the world at once beautiful and largely useless." So it is no surprise that in his poems mortal vision is uncertain, supported only by the ardor of imagination and the grace of lyric surprise. Sensually rich and detailed, Kuusisto's poems are humorous, complex, and intellectually engaged. This collection reveals a major new poetic talent. "Only Bread, Only Light" At times the blind see light, And that moment is the Sistine ceiling, Grace among buildings-no one asks For it, no one asks. After all, this is solitude, Daylight's finger, Blake's angel Parting willow leaves. I should know better. Get with the business Of walking the lovely, satisfied, Indifferent weather- Bread baking On Arthur Avenue This first warm day of June. I stand on the corner For priceless seconds. Now everything to me falls shadow Stephen Kuusisto's 1998 memoir Planet of the Blind received tremendous international attention, including appearances on Oprah, Dateline, and Talk of the Nation. The New York Times named it a "Notable Book of the Year" and praised it as "a book that makes the reader understand the terrifying experience of blindness, a book that stands on its own as the lyrical memoir of a poet." A spokesperson for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Kuusisto teaches at Ohio State University. 1031949 1 10 2000 Only Bread Only Light total:2|5:0|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 2 8 9 0 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 15:04:16 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:04:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 13:31:33 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 13:31:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 10 15:29:58 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:30:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 04 16:13:17 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 16:13:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 07 14:05:29 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 14:05:29 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 20 02:44:34 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 02:44:34 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Aug 23 21:22:53 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 21:22:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 29 14:18:10 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 14:18:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 18 17:31:30 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 17:31:30 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1045524