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Chana Bloch’s The Moon is Almost Full focuses frankly and tenderly on the themes of aging and death. In her final collection, Bloch doesn’t shy away from the dark places, but she is a trustworthy guide. These remarkable poems remind the reader to take joy where we can find it and relish the everyday. Bloch’s clear and direct voice makes her poems accessible favorites for all readers. For anyone interested in poetry dealing with aging, cancer, family relationships, and Judaism.
Price: $17.95
Pages: 88
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Imprint: Autumn House Press
Publication Date:
05 September 2017
ISBN: 9781938769207
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POETRY / Jewish, Poetry by individual poets, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, POETRY / Women Authors
"'Under siege, I am still a kingdom,' writes Chana Bloch in this signal, singing, singeing collection of poems. Each page verifies the beauty and scope and surge of a life both extraordinary and daily, embraced not in spite of our mortality, but because of it." —Jane Hirshfield "These poems, fashioned with compact power and formal elegance, are a luminous demonstration of how poetry can be the vehicle for both confronting our darkest fears and yet continuing to affirm the preciousness of life. The Moon is Almost Full is the crowning achievement of Chana Bloch’s distinguished career as a poet." —Robert Alter
Chana Bloch (1940-2017) was a poet, translator, scholar, and teacher. During her lifetime she authored six books of poems and six books of translations of Hebrew poetry both ancient and contemporary. She also authored a critical study on George Herbert. Bloch was professor emerita of English literature and creative writing at Mills College, where she directed the creative writing program.