3 Sections

3 Sections
Official Cover Design for 3 Sections
AuthorVijay Seshadri
GenrePoetry
PublisherGraywolf Press
Publication date
2013
Publication placeUnited States of America
ISBN978-1-55597-716-0

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]

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. ^ a b "3 Sections, by Vijay Seshadri via The Pulitzer Prize".
  2. ^ a b 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.