The Flashboat: Poems Collected and Reclaimed
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Former New York State Poet Jane Cooper brings together work from four earlier books, along with eighteen previously unpublished poems. In a voice of unusual integrity Jane Cooper traces the arc of a life, from poems written out of the shadow of World War II, to haunting personal elegies, to poems that, with no loss of intimacy, engage history with passion and subtlety. Here are poems of love, loss, friendship, concern for the lives of women, the humor and "complex shame" of a white Southern heritage, the mysteries of art. "[A] beautifully assembled life's work. Jane Cooper has been engaged in a long, patient act of making, a consideration of self-in-the-world vigorous, humble, and fierce all at once. It isn't quite accurate to say The Flashboat is full of life; instead, in its way, it is a life."-Mark Doty "[A] splendid book."-Publishers Weekly
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393047776
ISBN13:9780393047776
Release Date:October 1999
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:263 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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Radiant and Mature
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I heard a review and several excerpts read in an NPR article about current American poets. Ms Cooper is a mature, well-honed voice in our national poetic heritage, with an eye on the sublime and real; the aging and reality of seeking and losing relationships. I was so touched by Ms Cooper's voice and quotes, that I had to buy this book. I encourage you to do the same, to experience the clarity and introspection of an older poet who has been through it all, and knows how to re-tell it in useful, neat nuggets.
Brilliant poetry
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Jane Cooper's poetry combines radiant language with stunning, quiet insight. Her work spans the breadth of human experience, but instead of soaring off away from earth it ropes the ethereal and the eternal to this world, to our lives. These poems are moving and timeless.
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