Secret Societies is Welch's second collection of poetry. It gives voice to that which normally takes special care to stay as hidden as possible. A mood, a person, an obsession, a perception are seen to be events or presences that carry within them the urgency of a tirelessly ramifying possibility, a labyrinth which the writing seeks to negotiate. The book's five sections are concerned with: the secret histories of public events; the allure and terror of memory; the silence of the dead; the effort of making; and the longing ...
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Secret Societies is Welch's second collection of poetry. It gives voice to that which normally takes special care to stay as hidden as possible. A mood, a person, an obsession, a perception are seen to be events or presences that carry within them the urgency of a tirelessly ramifying possibility, a labyrinth which the writing seeks to negotiate. The book's five sections are concerned with: the secret histories of public events; the allure and terror of memory; the silence of the dead; the effort of making; and the longing for atonement, at-one-ment.
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Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.