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Colosseum : Poems by Katie Ford, (Poet) is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Colosseum : Poems about?
<p><p><b>the Visceral New Work By Katie Ford, Whose Poems “possess The Veiled Brilliance Of Stained Glass Windows Seen At Night” (<i>the New York Times Book Review</i>)<p></b><p><b></b> <p><b>if You Respect The Dead And Recall Where They Died By This Time Tomorrow There Will Be Nowhere To Walk.<p> —“earth”</b><p>with Gravity And Resplendence, <i>colosseum</i> Confronts Ruin In The Ancient World And In The Living Moment, From Historical Accounts And From Firsthand Experience. Displaced From New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, Katie Ford Returns This Powerful Report Attesting To The Storm’s Ferocity And Its Aftershock. Ford Examines Other Catastrophes—those Biblical, Obscured By Time, And Those That Play Out Daily, Irrefutably, In The Media. <i>colosseum</i> Is An Essential, Moving Book In Its Insistence That Our Fates Are Intertwined And That Devastation Does Not Discriminate.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p><p>named For The Great Amphitheatre In Rome, Ford's Second Collection Of Poetry Reckons With The Themes That Iconic Structure Brings To Mind: Achievements Of Architecture And Engineering, Spectacles Of Violence, Lost Empires And Forgott
Who reads Colosseum : Poems?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Katie Ford, (Poet)
- Publisher
- Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781555975012
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (151 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14