3 Sections

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3 Sections
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Author Vijay Seshadri
Genre Poetry
Publisher Graywolf Press
Publication date
2013
Publication place United States of America
ISBN 978-1-55597-716-0

3 Sections is a 2013 poetry collection written by Vijay Seshadri and published by Graywolf Press. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2014. [1]

Contents

Description

3 sections is mostly made up of free verse poems, though the collection notably includes a prose piece ("Pacific Fishes of Canada") and a long-form poem ("Personal Essay"). [2] Despite the collection's title, the divisions between the eponymous "3 Sections" remain ambiguous, possibly separated into "divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a perpectual long to out-think time" or divided by form (free verse poems / prose / long poem). [2] [3]

Reception and Critical Engagement

The Pulitzer citation for the collection called the book,

"a compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless." [1]

Lauren Hilger in Green Mountain Review argued that the collection's inclusion of an essay-like prose piece is a call for readers to reevaluate their definitions of poetry. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "3 Sections, by Vijay Seshadri via The Pulitzer Prize".
  2. 1 2 Bherwani, Bhisham. "Review: On Vijay Seshadri's "3 Sections" | The American Reader". theamericanreader.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "3 Sections — Graywolf Press". www.graywolfpress.org.
  4. ↑ Hilger, Lauren (16 January 2014). "Review of 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri". Green Mountains Review. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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