2013 poetry collection
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.
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"). 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).
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."
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.
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