Over the Anvil We Stretch by Anis Mojgani (English) Paperback Book

Description: Over the Anvil We Stretch by Anis Mojgani Over The Anvil We Stretch contains swampy, powerful poems that are as exciting as the pocket knife you got for your birthday, the three legged frog on the lawn and the jar of marbles your mother kept in the kitchen. Mojgani's poems are the sound of the river and the stars burning above. He manages to capture the axe in the stump with blood still on the handle. Anis Mojgani has drawn a map of the country in the shape of his wild surreal poems. These are memories of a life, captured through the blue green filter of the bayou. Mojgani's latest poems are tinged with the sound of crickets spying on us in the darkness. They move forward honestly, brutally and sweetly. The reader will be led into briar patches as well as the moonlight just on the other side. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Over The Anvi We Stretch contains swampy, powerful poems that are as exciting as the pocket knife you got for your birthday, the three legged frog on the lawn and the jar of marbles your mother kept in the kitchen. Mojgani's poems are the sound of the river and the stars burning above. He manages to capture the axe in the stump with blood still on the handle. Anis Mojgani has drawn a map of the country in the shape of his wild dreams. These are memories of a life, captured through the blue green filter of the bayou. Mojgani's latest poems are tinged with the sound of crickets spying on us in the darkness. They move forward honestly, brutally and sweetly. The reader will be led into briar patches as well as the moonlight just on the other side. Author Biography Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam. A Pushcart Prize Nominee and former resident of the Oregon Literary Arts Writers-In-The-Schools program, Anis has performed at numerous universities, festivals, and venues around the globe. His work has appeared on HBO, NPR, in the pages of RATTLE magazine, and alongside Laureates Ted Kooser and Billy Collins in Spoken Word Revolution Redux. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in a white pointy house in Portland OR, where he sometimes has a beard and sometimes does not Review Hes probably the best poetry slammer alive. The intellect, optimism and humility with which he speaks feel like proof of the relevance of "spoken word" as a genre. He processes the world in slices of beauty, frustration and sympathy... -Willamette Week Newspaper Long Description Over The Anvil We Stretch contains swampy, powerful poems that are as exciting as the pocket knife you got for your birthday, the three legged frog on the lawn and the jar of marbles your mother kept in the kitchen. Mojganis poems are the sound of the river and the stars burning above. He manages to capture the axe in the stump with blood still on the handle. Anis Mojgani has drawn a map of the country in the shape of his wild surreal poems. These are memories of a life, captured through the blue green filter of the bayou. Mojganis latest poems are tinged with the sound of crickets spying on us in the darkness. They move forward honestly, brutally and sweetly. The reader will be led into briar patches as well as the moonlight just on the other side. Review Quote Hes probably the best poetry slammer alive. The intellect, optimism and humility with which he speaks feel like proof of the relevance of "spoken word Excerpt from Book THE MANUALsqueeze 20 grapes in your cheeksbit downspit watermelon seedsI bet you five pieces you cant spit em further than mekick a canchase trainswave at strangersdrive an imaginary submarinemake one out of a boxsleep on a floor with a blanket and a lanterndraw birdslive foreverplant a treewrite your fist on a wallrun for no reason down the middle of the blocklaugh at something funnysmile at sweetnesshold your fingers around it so it doesnt fallfind a dark row in a movie theaterand make out with meyour kisses are a game of horseshoesI wish I were playingbeneath the stars fat and wet with lighthigh in the full black skyso big and silentit can carry us through this crazy thing dance under itlisten for the sounds the fields makethe tongues the trees are speaking inthe love the leaves are making with the windswallow it downthis is churchyour teeth tiny doors Details ISBN0981521347 Author Anis Mojgani Short Title OVER THE ANVIL WE STRETCH Publisher Write Bloody Publishing Language English ISBN-10 0981521347 ISBN-13 9780981521343 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-08-31 Pages 119 Illustrations Yes DEWEY 811.54 Imprint Write Bloody Publishing Place of Publication Long Beach Country of Publication United States Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2008-08-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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