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AWARDED THE FORWARD PRIZE 2012

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE 2012

P L A C E begins with a poem dated 5 June 2009, located at St Laurent Sur Mer, better known by its code name Omaha Beach, one of the sites of the American landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. It is the starting point for a book of poems written in the uneasy lull of a world moving towards an unknowable future. Jorie Graham explores the ways in which imagination, intuition and experience help us to navigate a life we will have no choice but to live. How does one think ethically as well as emotionally in such a world? How does one think of one's child - of having brought a child into this world? How does love continue?

As we look back, and are compelled to try to see ahead, P L A C E calls us, in poems of great force and beauty, to inhabit and rejoice in a more responsive and responsible place in the world.

Jorie Graham is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including PLACE , which won the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2012, and The Dream of the Unified Field , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Her poems have been translated into numerous languages, including Albanian, Chinese and Polish. ... read more

Praise for Jorie Graham 'The poems in Jorie Graham's Sea Change might look unapproachable but they are models of clarity and purity.'
Nicola Smyth, 'Books of the Year', the Independent, 28 December 2008
'One of the finest poets writing today.'
John Ashbery
'She is among the most important poets in North American literature today.'
Peyton Brien, University of Toronto, 1995
'Jorie Graham is a poet of staggering intelligence.'
James Tate
'There is a buoyancy in Graham's poetry, a freshness of vision which is rare in contemporary poetry.'
Roger Caldwell, Times Literary Supplement, 27th June 2003
'After each new book by Graham, I wonder what she will do next. Her courage in remaking her style over the years is exemplary... to read under Graham's powerful impetus is to have one's consciousness, like molten glass, pulled into unforeseen - and sometimes almost unbearable - shapes.'
Helen Vendler, London Review of Books, 23rd January 2003
'...one of our most highly imaginative and innovative poets. Her speculative and sensual poetry echoes an aesthetic and cultural past but is, truly, like nothing we've seen before.'
David St. John, The Los Angeles Times, 1996
'There are erotic poems, elegiac poems, and there are dauntingly difficult, allusive and even impenetrable poems. Throughout there is a powerful, engaging intelligence and an affirming lyric grace.'
Stephen Matterson on The Errancy, in Poetry Ireland Review, vol. 62
'Like all good poets, she illuminates moments, but she is like no one else, neither in her rhythms, nor in her insistence on opening up, scrutinizing, and even reversing our experience of time and space within these moments.'
Stephen Burt, Times Literary Supplement, 17th May 1996
'Graham shows us a future direction in American poetry, and that future is a welcome place.'
The Harvard Review
'A mesmerising American voice; one wants to hear its continuation.'
Helen Vendler, The New Yorker

An evocative new collection by a Pulitzer prize-winning poet. read more

Less reassuring and more challenging are the poems of Jorie Graham's Place (Carcanet, RPP£9.95).� read more

Thanks to Jorie Graham's Place (Carcanet) for converting me from wary respect to delight in her fastidious attention to sensations. read more

Jorie Graham's Forward Prize-winning collection of poems marks a radical shift in style. read more

Jorie Graham is one of America's leading contemporary poets. read more

Jorie Graham favours very long lines broken by very short ones in Place (Carcanet, £9.95). read more

'Untitled' from Jorie Graham's Place (shortlisted for both the TS Eliot and Forward prizes) is a meditation arising from witnessing two dogs hit by a car. read more

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PLACE Jorie Graham RRP: GBP£ 9.95 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP£ 0.99 Price: GBP£ 8.96 Available Paperback ISBN: 978 1 847771 93 3 Categories: 21st Century, American, Women Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Published: August 2012 88 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Description Author Reviews AWARDED THE FORWARD PRIZE 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE 2012 P L A C E begins with a poem dated 5 June 2009, located at St Laurent Sur Mer, better known by its code name Omaha Beach, one of the sites of the American landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. It is the starting point for a book of poems written in the uneasy lull of a world moving towards an unknowable future. Jorie Graham explores the ways in which imagination, intuition and experience help us to navigate a life we will have no choice but to live. How does one think ethically as well as emotionally in such a world? How does one think of one's child - of having brought a child into this world? How does love continue? As we look back, and are compelled to try to see ahead, P L A C E calls us, in poems of great force and beauty, to inhabit and rejoice in a more responsive and responsible place in the world. Jorie Graham is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including PLACE , which won the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2012, and The Dream of the Unified Field , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Her poems have been translated into numerous languages, including Albanian, Chinese and Polish. ... read more Praise for Jorie Graham 'The poems in Jorie Graham's Sea Change might look unapproachable but they are models of clarity and purity.' *Nicola Smyth, 'Books of the Year', the Independent, 28 December 2008* 'One of the finest poets writing today.' John Ashbery 'She is among the most important poets in North American literature today.' Peyton Brien, University of Toronto, 1995 'Jorie Graham is a poet of staggering intelligence.' James Tate 'There is a buoyancy in Graham's poetry, a freshness of vision which is rare in contemporary poetry.' *Roger Caldwell, Times Literary Supplement, 27th June 2003* 'After each new book by Graham, I wonder what she will do next. Her courage in remaking her style over the years is exemplary... to read under Graham's powerful impetus is to have one's consciousness, like molten glass, pulled into unforeseen - and sometimes almost unbearable - shapes.' *Helen Vendler, London Review of Books, 23rd January 2003* '...one of our most highly imaginative and innovative poets. Her speculative and sensual poetry echoes an aesthetic and cultural past but is, truly, like nothing we've seen before.' *David St. John, The Los Angeles Times, 1996* 'There are erotic poems, elegiac poems, and there are dauntingly difficult, allusive and even impenetrable poems. Throughout there is a powerful, engaging intelligence and an affirming lyric grace.' *Stephen Matterson on The Errancy, in Poetry Ireland Review, vol. 62* 'Like all good poets, she illuminates moments, but she is like no one else, neither in her rhythms, nor in her insistence on opening up, scrutinizing, and even reversing our experience of time and space within these moments.' *Stephen Burt, Times Literary Supplement, 17th May 1996* 'Graham shows us a future direction in American poetry, and that future is a welcome place.' The Harvard Review 'A mesmerising American voice; one wants to hear its continuation.' Helen Vendler, The New Yorker An evocative new collection by a Pulitzer prize-winning poet. read more Less reassuring and more challenging are the poems of Jorie Graham's Place (Carcanet, RPP£9.95).� read more Thanks to Jorie Graham's Place (Carcanet) for converting me from wary respect to delight in her fastidious attention to sensations. read more Jorie Graham's Forward Prize-winning collection of poems marks a radical shift in style. read more Jorie Graham is one of America's leading contemporary poets. read more Jorie Graham favours very long lines broken by very short ones in Place (Carcanet, £9.95). read more 'Untitled' from Jorie Graham's Place (shortlisted for both the TS Eliot and Forward prizes) is a meditation arising from witnessing two dogs hit by a car. read more You might also be interested in: Quick Question John Ashbery Overlord Jorie Graham	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Book Launch: Distance and Memory by Peter Davidson read more Sam Ruddock: Bibliodiversity read more Lucy Burnett: An Eco-poetic Sensibility read more Chris Beckett: Looking for Abebe, the cook's son read more Richard Price: A Month in Portugal read more Let's Gimbal! read more
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