Analysis Of A New Hunger By Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Laure-Anne Bosselaar is a poet of the contemporary period. She has three collections of poems, her most recent being “A New Hunger”. Her other collections, “Small Collections of Grief” and “Artemis,” have received much attention. “Small Collections of Grief” was awarded the 2001 Isabelle Gardener Prize for Poetry. “Artemis” is a collection of French poems and was published in Belgium. Laure-Anne’s work has been published in many literary magazines and journals, including The Washington Post. She has also edited anthologies like “Never Before: Poems about First Experiences” and co-edited with her husband, Kurt Brown, works like “Poems about Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Bars”. She is fluent in four languages and had published works
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She is a Belgian-American poet, translator and professor. Her husband and fellow poet, Kurt, have worked together in co-editing. She has been used to voice-over readings of others and her own poetry.
Laure-Anne Bosselaar’s work corresponds to the contemporary time period. This time period is characterized as humorless with no heroes. It is popular for stating the fact that nothing is “unique” anymore and that culture keeps repeating itself. It also has been described as having intense dialog and a mix of fiction and nonfiction.
In Bosselaar’s poetry, they tend to be very serious. One might say that they sound dark and intense. Her poem, “Community Garden,” shows that she has stories with deep connections that can be relatable to many readers. It gives off a feeling of loneliness and longing. The narrator is observing a man while he tends to his garden, when it begins to rain and he prepares to leave. Before he leaves, he places bottles to protect the flowers from the rain. The poem comes to its end with the man claiming that he knew that the flowers would be okay without the coverings. The narrator then says, “I hear myself say it to no one: I never had a father.” The reader can sense how the narrator craves for the affection of a father the way the man cared for the
She is a Belgian-American poet, translator and professor. Her husband and fellow poet, Kurt, have worked together in co-editing. She has been used to voice-over readings of others and her own poetry.
Laure-Anne Bosselaar’s work corresponds to the contemporary time period. This time period is characterized as humorless with no heroes. It is popular for stating the fact that nothing is “unique” anymore and that culture keeps repeating itself. It also has been described as having intense dialog and a mix of fiction and nonfiction.
In Bosselaar’s poetry, they tend to be very serious. One might say that they sound dark and intense. Her poem, “Community Garden,” shows that she has stories with deep connections that can be relatable to many readers. It gives off a feeling of loneliness and longing. The narrator is observing a man while he tends to his garden, when it begins to rain and he prepares to leave. Before he leaves, he places bottles to protect the flowers from the rain. The poem comes to its end with the man claiming that he knew that the flowers would be okay without the coverings. The narrator then says, “I hear myself say it to no one: I never had a father.” The reader can sense how the narrator craves for the affection of a father the way the man cared for the