Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything: Poems
(Part of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets Series)
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San Francisco poet Jan Richman won the 1994 Walt Whitman Award for this wry, quirky, hard-hitting collection of poems. Unflinchingly, she addresses modern life's truths and ironies with what Robert... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807119946
ISBN13:9780807119945
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 9.0"
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4 ratings
if you have any soul at all it will be rocked about royally
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
when i write, i wish it could be half as good as this. her words are so incredible. every line sparks you to the core - unless you are dead. maybe even dead people would get something out of it. it's that good.
Wordsmith hits home!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Ms.Richman's use of words created a visual that thrilled me to my core. Her choice of words was exacting but not high browed. I found that each line gave me goose bumps, I was stunned by her choice of expression. Definately worth reading by anyone - not just those already in love with poetry. I look forward to her next effort.
some of the greatest poems i'v read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
this collection of poems is my favorite yet. each and every one of them is full of character and has great meaning. i definitely recommend this book.
important moving poetry for generation X
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Winner of the 1994 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American poets, Robert Pinksey, judge for that year, praised Richman for her "rowdy, restless intelligence." These poems embrace her youth, the death of her mother and struggles to become herself into young adulthood haunted the freedoms and terrors of seeking intimacy. Her language is contemporary, fresh natural cant of the streets and psychotherapist's couch. It is tough and cynical, frank and descriptive, ever energetic but always more than its surface: vulnerable. sensitive, caring, nurturing sad and anxious. Richman is a poet to keep an eye on. Generation X has a savvy spokesperson here
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