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About the Book:
"Is it possible to capture the essence of what it really means to be
alive? Can words do justice to the emotions that we choose to feel or
are desperate to protect ourselves from? Words can indeed and
award-winning poet Liza Sisk shows us how in her moving new collection
of poems, On Being Alive. "Written in free
verse, Sisk's poems unfold almost as a novel that chronicles her life.
Deeply felt and astonishingly intimate. Sisk acquaints us with her
struggle to break through the protective emotional wall she built
around herself as a child and finally engage fully in the richness of
life . . . [by achieving] a free-flow of energy and emotion.
"Exciting and innovative, On Being Alive is more than a poetry book;
accompanying the poems are the author's own provocative photos adding
texture and insight to the wonderful verse. All-encompassing in scope
and beautifully designed, On Being Alive is both deeply
personal and universally profound."─Ellen
Tanner Marsh, The New York Times  |