The Relief of America

by Diane Glancy

Overview

Diane Glancy's eye and ear for the details of land and language make this poetry collection a powerful and important work about modern America. Glancy marries impressive wordplay with great emotional range, articulating the edge between two disparate cultures and the challenges of attempting to live in both. Relief of America is a major contribution to the growing body of millennial works guiding us toward the future by delving intimately into the starkest and most poetic aspects of our past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781882688234
Publisher:	Northwestern University Press
Publication date:	04/01/2000
Edition description:	1
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Diane Glancy is a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches Native American Literature and Creative Writing. Among her many writing awards are the 1993 American Book Award, Minnesota Book Award, and a Native American Prose Award. Glancy is of Cherokee and English/German descent.