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Summary: Faraway becomes Familiar
Review: "I was overwhelmed by the power, beauty, and variety of what I found." -Barbara Brenner when working on this book. This book presents poetry and art from six continents: North America: Voices from glaciers, city streets, green valleys... South America: Voices from cloud forest, jungle, deserts Europe: Voices from heath and moor, fjords, sun-kissed fields of flowers Africa: Voices from vast deserts, great rivers, rugged hills and endless skies Asia: Voices from ragged mountains, wave-splashed coasts, cherry-blossomed gardens Australia/Oceania: Voices from the outback, rocks, coral reefs, strings of islands... These poems celebrate paintings, fold art, historical artifacts and photographs that each evoke the flavor of each continent. This is a book about the human family and how each culture speaks to us all in the universal language of art and poetry. I especially loved "The Pen" "Take a pen in your uncertain fingers.
Trust, and be assured
That the whole world is a sky-blue butterfly
And words are the nets to capture it." You will also find a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Lyrics from Ancient Arabia and a Chinese Nursery Rhyme. I wish I was a child again and could sit around in a tree house reading poetry. The art was as fascinating as the poems.
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Summary: An impressive multicultural anthology
Review: "Voices: Poetry and Art from Around the World," selected by Barbara Brenner, is an anthology of literature and visual art from many cultures. The book is divided up into 6 sections: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania. Some of the texts included are an Inuit chant, a traditional Navajo song, a Quechua lament, a Chinese nursery rhyme, and a Scottish ballad. Specific authors whose poetry is represented include Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dennis Brutus. The full-color visual art includes paintings, sculptures, ceramic figurines, and various folk crafts: a Mande hunter's shirt from West Africa, a Turkish rug, etc. Other pieces of art pictured include a Sumerian sculpture dated between 2750 and 2600 BCE, and Pablo Picasso's 1921 painting "Three Musicians." This is a truly remarkable collection, and makes a great multicultural educational resource.
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Summary: An impressive multicultural anthology
Review: "Voices: Poetry and Art from Around the World," selected by Barbara Brenner, is an anthology of literature and visual art from many cultures. The book is divided up into 6 sections: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania. Some of the texts included are an Inuit chant, a traditional Navajo song, a Quechua lament, a Chinese nursery rhyme, and a Scottish ballad. Specific authors whose poetry is represented include Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dennis Brutus. The full-color visual art includes paintings, sculptures, ceramic figurines, and various folk crafts: a Mande hunter's shirt from West Africa, a Turkish rug, etc. Other pieces of art pictured include a Sumerian sculpture dated between 2750 and 2600 BCE, and Pablo Picasso's 1921 painting "Three Musicians." This is a truly remarkable collection, and makes a great multicultural educational resource.
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