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    Afterletters
    Afterletters
    Afterletters
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    Afterletters

    By R. Kolewe

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    Lovers wrote letters. Letters crossed absence, longing, joy, passion, loss and heartbreak. Sometimes letters were answered. Sometimes not. And sometimes not for years, but then –

    In 1948, in the exhausted aftermath of WWII, the poets Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann met in Vienna. They began a difficult and intense but intermittent relationship which lasted until the early 1960s, broken off only when Bachmann could no longer deal with Celan's increasing mental instability. And yet, despite the break, the relationship continued to haunt both of them.

    In Afterletters, R. Kolewe weaves together fragments of letters and other works of these two poets, to give us a stunning sequence of poems that explore the traces of loss and love, in language that breaks, recombines and scintillates, "star-crossed, star-covered, star-thrown."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookThug
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781771661034
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      Afterletters - R. Kolewe

      Afterletters

      Afterletters

      R. Kolewe

      BookThug · 2014

      FIRST EDITION

      copyright © 2014 R. Kolewe

      Cover image: Concept Anxiety 439.2 (2009) by R. Kolewe

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      The production of this book was made possible through the generous assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts and The Ontario Arts Council.

      LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

      Kolewe, R. (Ralph), 1957–, author

      Afterletters / R. Kolewe.

      Poems.

      Issued in print and electronic formats.

      ISBN 978-1-77166-103-4

      I. Title.

      PS8621.047A37 2014     C811'.6     C2014-904791-6

      PRINTED IN CANADA

      About this Book

      Lovers wrote letters. Letters crossed absence, longing, joy, passion, loss and heartbreak. Sometimes letters were answered. Sometimes not. And sometimes not for years, but then –

      In 1948, in the exhausted aftermath of WWII, the poets Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann met in Vienna. They began a difficult and intense but intermittent relationship which lasted until the early 1960s, broken off only when Bachmann could no longer deal with Celan’s increasing mental instability. And yet, despite the break, the relationship continued to haunt both of them.

      In Afterletters, Kolewe weaves together fragments of letters and other works of these two poets, to give us a stunning sequence of poems that explore the traces of loss and love, in language that breaks, recombines and scintillates, star-crossed, star-covered, star-thrown.

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