# Shallcross - Hardcover

by **C. D. Wright** (Author)

Through more than a dozen collections, C.D. Wright pushed the bounds of imagination as she explored desire, loss and physical sensation. Her posthumously published book, _ShallCross_ features seven poem sequences that show her tremendous range in style and approach. As she considers, among other topics, some dark intuitions about human nature, she also nudges readers to question who is telling the story and where one's thought can lead.--_The Washington Post_

Wright gets better with each book, expanding the reach of her art; it seems it could take in anything.--_Publishers Weekly_

Wright belongs to a school of exactly one.--_New York Times Book Review_

C.D. Wright is entirely her own poet, a true original.--_The Gettysburg Review_

In a turbulent world, C.D. Wright evokes a rebellious and dissonant ethos with characteristic genre-bending and expanding long-form poems. Accessing journalistic writing alongside filmic narratives, Wright ranges across seven poetic sequences, including a collaborative suite responding to photographic documentation of murder sites in New Orleans. _ShallCross_ shows plain as day that C.D. Wright is our most thrilling and innovative poet.

**From Obscurity and Elegance:**

_Whether or not the park was safe  
she was going in. A study concluded, for a park  
to be successful there had to be women.  
The man next to the monument must have broken  
away from her. Perhaps years  
before. That the bond had been carnal is obvious.  
He said he was just out clearing his head..._

**C.D. Wright** (1949-2016) taught at Brown University for decades and published over a dozen works of poetry and prose, including _One With Others,_ which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a National Book Award; _One Big Self: An Investigation;_ and _Rising Falling Hovering_. Among her many honors are the Griffin International Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship.

  

### Author Biography

C.D. Wright: C.D. Wright has published over a dozen works of poetry and prose, including the recent volumes One With Others, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a National Book Award; One Big Self: An Investigation; and Rising Falling Hovering. Among her many honors are the Griffin Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. She teaches at Brown University and lives outside of Providence, Rhode Island.

**Number of Pages:** 140

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 9.1 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** April 26, 2016

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