false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172211592m/150197.jpg 150197 1 The hand is second only to language in defining the human being, and its constant presence makes it a ready reminder of our humanity, with all its privileges and obligations. In this dazzling collection, Cole Swensen explores the hand from any angle approachable by language and art. Her hope: to exhaust the hand as subject matter; her joy: the fact that she couldn't. These short poems reveal the hand from a hundred different perspectives. Incorporating sign language, drawing manuals, paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, shadow puppets, imagined histories, positions (the “hand as a boatless sail”), and professions (“the hand as window in which the panes infinitesimal”), Cole Swensen's fine hand is “that which augments” our understanding and appreciation of “this freak wing,” this “wheel that comforts none” yet remains “a fruit the size and shape of the heart.” 144966 15 10 2005 The Book of a Hundred Hands (Kuhl House Poets) total:45|5:17|4:22|3:4|2:2| 45 189 67 7 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 08:18:03 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 08:36:12 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 09 05:40:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 15:22:05 -0700 2008
On second read-through, I'm thinking the hands are not symbolic of anything, but are more a site at which to gather images or strong verbs, mostly suggestive of human relations to the world. . . Swensen conceives of the hands as not symbols of the mind's inte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 20 15:48:28 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 07:44:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 17 20:37:07 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 21:00:11 -0700 2007
FV: I'd like to talk about one of the image patterns in your poetry. One of the recurring images is the imagery of hands. Your poetry is fascinated by hands, by "handedness," their physicality, their gestures, their signs. Are hands symbols...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 23 11:10:46 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 11:11:19 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Oct 07 16:22:06 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 16:23:06 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Aug 12 13:55:46 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 13:55:55 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 09:55:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 09:55:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 18:44:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:44:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 22:24:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:24:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 13:31:01 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 13:31:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 23:07:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:07:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 12:11:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:11:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Apr 06 18:59:21 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 09:15:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 18:59:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 14 16:39:15 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:39:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 23:27:59 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 23:28:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 12:44:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 12:44:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 22:14:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:33:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 22:14:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 13:17:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:17:43 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 17:02:25 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:02:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=150197