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    Mise-en-Scène
    Mise-en-Scène
    Mise-en-Scène
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    Mise-en-Scène

    By B.A. Calhoun

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    This collection of poems introduces the reader to a series of connected moments; scenes we all encounter but rarely pause to consider for their dramatic impact. We pass a woman hiding in an alley, her hair and body alight in neon. We watch a fortuneteller read palms at her kitchen table, somewhere in suburban New Jersey. We stand by, as if the world around us is simply an arrangement of scenery and stage props, while our loved ones battle in the streets. The sounds of mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers permeate Calhoun’s poems, striking like a snake at our indecisive hearts, while we ponder, without taking action: an audience transfixed yet separate from the stage play of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBelgrave House
    Release dateJan 10, 2022
    ISBN9781947812536
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