Invasions: New Poems
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Book Overview
In his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditional forms to create a free, contemporary music amidst the omens of the post-September 11 world. Mr. Kirsch is at home with all the strange juxtapositions of our culture: he can celebrate "the paradisal sighs" of Jane Birkin and still hear the "angelic harmonies" of Handel's Messiah; he can observe military jets trailing "stripes of smoke" and find the quiet of a synagogue in Queens. Invasions is a moving and highly personal collection, Mr. Kirsch's exploration of what he calls, with fear and hope, "the magically real."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1566637740
ISBN13:9781566637749
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.9" x 8.4"
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3 ratings
Kirsch gets it right
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I just finished Kirsch's book on confessional poets "Wounded Surgeon", so I had to see what his poetry was like... very thought out style, no wasted words. It's nice to read contemporary poetry with substance.
Engaging and Fun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I've liked Adam Kirsch since buying The Thousand Wells a few years ago. I mean "liked" in the way that you like a friend. There's much to admire, and even his flaws are interesting. Kirsch writes with traditional meter and rhyme, an ambitious undertaking when the world is awash in lazy free verse. Sometimes his earlier efforts were a bit stilted, the meter too sing-song, the rhyme too pedestrian. But Invasions shows a growing mastery of the art, and happily, as Kirsch's poetic technique has matured and deepened, he feels free to be himself, to be playful, and to use the poetic form to express his own voice. Highly recommended.
Meaningful, superbly crafted, immensely enjoyable
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As editor of the Contemporary Poetry Review, I encounter several hundred new books of poetry each month. I can attest to the fact that a very slim few ever attain the level of accomplishment to be found in this book, its author's second collection of poetry (he is also the author of two books of poetry criticism). Highly recommended!
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