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The
Unbeliever
Lisa Lewis
Winner of the 1994 Brittingham Prize in Poetry
"The eyes and voice here could
easily be those of a fine fiction writer. Lisa Lewis has a secure
touch with narrative, and a prodigal ease with details both gritty
and lovely. The result is a collection of extraordinarily powerful
poems."—Henry Taylor, Brittingham Prize Citation
Lisa Lewis's first collection of poems
meditates on people in trouble searching for a way out, people
whose faith has been tested and found wanting. The child who
believes in God only on Christmas Eve, the teenage girl exploring
her sexuality and finding herself forever under male control,
the young woman struggling in a violent relationship, a driver
locked in the secure world of her car deliberately swerving close
to a traffic cop or using her commuting time to dream of leaving
her marriage, the men who frequent massage parlors and therapists
or threaten to rape the moon—all have in common secret skepticism
and isolation.
These poems address with compassion and intensity the wariness
of women and men together, the distance between them as they
attempt to bridge their destructive failures. In long lines loaded
with the eccentric details of human life, the vision of The
Unbeliever is dark, funny, and not without hope as it follows
the characters through connections sought and set at odds by
difference and circumstance.
Lisa Lewis has published her work in many reviews and
journals, including Poetry East, Agni, and American
Poetry Review. Her poem, "The Urinating Man," was
reprinted in Best American Poetry 1993. Her book Silent
Treatment was published in 1998 by Penguin Books as a National
Poetry Series selection. She directs the creative writing program
at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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November 1994
LC: 94-010661 PS
72 pp.
ISBN 0-299-14400-3 Cloth $26.95
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ISBN 0-299-14404-6 Paper $14.95 t
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