Chez Nous.Chez chez prep. At the home of; at or by. [French, from Old French, from Latin casa, cottage, hut.] chez prep at the home of [French] Nous Angie Estes Oberlin College Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio; coeducational; opened 1833 as Oberlin Collegiate Institute, became Oberlin College in 1850. It includes a college of arts and sciences and a well-known conservatory of music. Press 50 North Professor Street, Oberlin, OH 44074 0932440991 $14.95 www.oberlin.edu/ocpress Author Angie Estes' first poetry collection since her prize-winning "Voice Over", Chez Nous is based on the theme that in the postmodern, post-Holocaust world, the only "home" available to people is that of language. The free verse free verse, term loosely used for rhymed or unrhymed verse made free of conventional and traditional limitations and restrictions in regard to metrical structure. Cadence, especially that of common speech, is often substituted for regular metrical pattern. roams between cultures, pivotal moments in history, and frequently intersperce small dashes of the French language to better flavor the English. The result is a swift-moving compilation that reflects upon the complexities of intersecting and ever-changing cultural norms. "Paramour par·a·mour n. A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship. [Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by ": An adverb adverb: see part of speech; adjective. by way of / love, what's par for / l'amour is par / for the course. Say / you're out for dinner one evening / with Yves, and you think of / the phrase evening / of life. Who doesn't want / to be called something / other than the name / we're given: the cow we call / boeuf or beef when eaten, the house / when it's lived in, / home, and the one we / go home with, love. |
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