The Whetting Stone, Taylor Mali
The Whetting Stone, Taylor Mali
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The Whetting Stone
A reading by the poet

Author: Taylor Mali

Narrator: Taylor Mali

Unabridged: 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2018

Synopsis

In September of 2004, Rebecca Tauber Mali, the wife of performance poet Taylor Mali, killed herself by jumping out the window of their apartment in New York City. She was a teacher, and it was morning on the first day of school. In this haunting new collection of poems, Taylor Mali, once a teacher himself, explores her life and their love as well as the shape and texture of his own guilt and resilience.

About Taylor Mali

Formerly president of Poetry Slam, Inc., Taylor Mali is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement. He is the author of two books of poetry, What Learning Leaves and The Last Time as We Are, and four CDs of spoken word. He has appeared on the first two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and won the jury prize for best one-man show at the U. S. Comedy Arts Festival. A passionate advocate of teachers, he travels the country recruiting the next generation of teachers with his 1,000 Teachers Campaign. Taylor lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on October 22, 2017

This chapbook broke my heart. What makes it even more heartbreaking is that the departed belovèd's name is Rebecca. 😩 Just plunge that knife in and twist.......more

Goodreads review by Nina on November 30, 2017

Mali’s collection detailing the aftermath of his wife’s suicide won the Rattle 2017 chapbook contest. Mali is known as part of the poetry slam movement, and has won the National Poetry Slam several times. Slam poets are storytellers, and their poems are topical. These poems reflect the tight, precis......more

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