BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Corner Bookstore - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Corner Bookstore
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Corner Bookstore
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20150308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20151101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20160313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20161106T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20170312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20171105T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161013T193000
DTSTAMP:20160921T181421Z
CREATED:20160816T195342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160921T181421Z
UID:909-1476381600-1476387000@cornerbookstorenyc.com
SUMMARY:Mary Stewart Hammond reads from her new collection of poetry Entering History
DESCRIPTION:Lyrical narratives that chronicle a long marriage\, rich with wit\, dark irony\, and poignancy. \nIn her long-awaited second volume\, Mary Stewart Hammond chronicles a long marriage with sharp wit\, dark irony\, and poignancy. As James Merrill says of Hammond’s poems\, they “brim with what the whole world knows.” \nEntering History opens on a middle-aged couple\, modern-day travelers in an ancient setting. The collection follows their relationship through time and place\, combining the personal and the historical in stories of the family—siblings\, a daughter\, and the very different marriage of the poet’s parents. \nThe marriage poems share the intimacy\, erotic playfulness\, irritations\, worries\, and angers that are part of an enduring love and a long marriage. In “Portrait of My Husband Reading Henry James\,” the poet paints her husband using syntax and language that evoke James’s. In “Venasque\,” the wintry village\, perched on the edge of a cliff\, serves as a metaphor for the existential crisis facing the couple. \n“Lines composed at Beaufort\, South Carolina\, a few miles above Parris Island\,” about the poet’s brother\, moves back and forth between the Civil War and the preparations of troops for today’s wars. In “Jacob and Esau with Sister\,” two brothers\, in a transaction as old as oral history\, highlight its consequences in the twenty-first century. “Anniversary” is a heartbreaking elegy for a third brother who kills himself. \nHammond reaches into the past and present of the American family\, closing Entering History where it began\, with the couple in bed\, now older\, harkening back to the bed they shared when they were newlyweds. These powerful\, beautifully crafted\, lyrical narratives give depth to an examination of life—its joys\, sorrows\, laughter\, and tragedies.
URL:https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/event/mary-stewart-hammond-reads-from-her-new-collection-of-poetry-entering-history/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Readings
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR