Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction

by Bruno Nettl

Helen Myers

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Folding a River, a collection of elegies, shows a pleasing range of free-verse forms that develop themes sustained throughout: loss, exile, myth, landscape. Kawita Kandpal's poems are explorations of East-West cultures, taking her into an emo-mythic place not to be found on any map. Kandpal's mood in Folding a River is melancholy, articulated with intelligence and grace, and her phrasing can rise to the level of proverb: "This time next year you will have evolved into an idea." In its personal evocations of geographical and linguistic exile from the subcontinent, centered on a lost father, her work recalls that of Li-Young Lee, yet with a feminine perspective often haunting in its own right: "tenderly / taking back the mistakes of men."

  • ISBN13 9780814315576
  • Publish Date 1 February 1976
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Wayne State University Press
  • Edition Third Edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 190
  • Language English