Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths

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2015

ISBN-13: 9781771314169

<p><b>Winner JM Abraham Poetry Award&#160;</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><b>Chekhov's work and life fuse with a daughter's caring for her dying mother in this powerful debut.</b><p></p> <p><i><br></i></p><p><i>Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths</i> is a book-length series of poems written from the perspective of a daughter who reads Chekhov obsessively while spending a spring and summer caring for her mother, who is dying from pulmonary fibrosis. Through the prism of the relationships in Chekhov's work and life emerges an honest, intimate, and even occasionally humorous portrayal of the energy we put into each other's lives during times of deterioration and suffering. A prismatic, memorable debut.</p><p><br></p>&#10;<p>... In the early</p> <p>editions of Chekhov's letters, his editors removed<br>anything that might stain his image or the image<br>of Russia. An ellipsis stands in for vulgar language,<br>deleterious remarks, and the references to masturbation<br>he used, like little brooks across the page, but as far as I know,<br>no one made confetti of his personal life.</p><p>If it were up to me, I'd prefer to talk today. To ask<br>my mother questions, finish half-told stories.<br>&#8212; from &#34;Yellow&#34;</p>