02227oam 22004334a 450 991048012330332120181118030007.00-8229-8327-3(CKB)4100000007122004(OCoLC)1061503038(MdBmJHUP)muse66745(MiAaPQ)EBC5574718(EXLCZ)99410000000712200420181116d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Black Bear Inside Me[electronic resource] /Robin BeckerPittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press[2018]1 online resource (1 PDF (viii, 61 pages).)Pitt poetry seriesPoems.0-8229-6524-0 Becker celebrates the interconnectedness of creatures and places--never losing sight that much will turn out precarious, illusory, provisional. These poems speak, in ardent voices, about our affinities: an articulate, black bear mourns habitat loss; a frail man and failing dog become one; a scientist and her African grey parrot research language acquisition for thirty years. Ecologies interlace, as when a troubled family "sacrifices one member,/ as plants surrender leaves in times of drought." Becker responds with rage and wit to corporate excess and intractable geo-politics. Love and friendship empower in wry narratives, though time "mows" down our days, though we may never escape "original cruelties." Tragedies permeating our enmeshed, global identities haunt the book: the massacre of gay youth in Orlando; the terrors facing Cambodian teenagers working fishing boats. Wise, capacious, by turns unsettling and joyous, The Black Bear Inside Me incorporates histories and losses into a luminous present.Pitt poetry series.American poetryPoetry.Electronic books. American poetry.811Becker Robin1951-866348MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480123303321The Black Bear Inside Me2188957UNINA