Word Group
Word Group by Marjorie Welish, published by Coffee House Press in April 2004, is an annotated collection of poetry comprising 112 pages. This edition presents a unique blend of Language School poetics and New American Poetry, showcasing Welish’s innovative approach to language through collage and intricate grammar. The poems create a musical quality, weaving together abstract ideas with precise observations, reflecting the author’s distinctive style.
Readers will find a rich exploration of surreal syntax and verbal tapestries that challenge conventional poetic forms. The work engages with themes of abstraction and observation, inviting readers to experience the complexity of language in a fresh way. As an accomplished poet, painter, and critic, Marjorie Welish brings her expertise to this collection, making it a noteworthy addition to contemporary poetry.
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Bridging the gap between Language School poetics and New American Poetry, Word Group blends collage with dizzying grammar and a pyrotechnic display of surreal syntax. These new poems create music in verbal tapestries of abstract ideas and precise observations. As C.D. Wright said of the author, “there may be no known correspondences for Marjorie Welish’s mind. She’s a little bit scary.”
Poet, painter and critic, Marjorie Welish teaches at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and as a visiting art critic and poetry professor at Brown University. She is the author of The Annotated “Here” and Selected Poems which was a Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize finalist and a Village Voice Best Book of the Year. She lives in New York City.
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