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Lost in Living

By Halyna Kruk

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Lost in Living

By Halyna Kruk

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Lost in Living presents Halyna Kruk's unpublished work from the immediate "pre-invasion" years when life in Ukraine was marked by turmoil but full-scale war was not yet normalized. In these "dear poems that don't pain [her] like those about the war do," Kruk uses imagery and tone to underscore poetic agency, at times juxtaposing figurative language with a calm, direct voice to bring her poems to life. Nature cannot be relied on to sustain nor renew, and life is shown to be fundamentally vulnerable. "Calm" is a seductive state of mind capable of cunning, and the speaker is unable to find a place where she can thrive or grow. Still, daily tasks emerge as life-affirming and a welcome constant. It is ultimately a movement toward survival that drives the immediacy and urgency of Kruk's poetry. Lost in Living is the sixteenth volume in the Lost Horse Press Contemporary Poetry Series.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
182
Release Date:
2025-03-19
Publication Date:
2024-04-11
Publisher:
Washington State University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798986571577
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
302 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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