When a Woman Loves a Man: Poems
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These poems capture the romance, irony, and pathos of love; they movingly chronicle days in post-9/11 New York and bring a fresh perspective to an array of subjects -- from the Brooklyn Bridge to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0743255941
ISBN13:9780743255943
Release Date:April 2005
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"
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Radical Play
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Central to Lehman's work is a radical playfulness, an essential ingredient of great poetry. He is one of the U.S.'s most inventive writers, particularly in his use of traditional and sui generis forms. Plus, he is funny, which,in a literary world where often only deadly seriousness will win you any respect, can sometimes be a strike against a poet. Read "The Gift," "Wittgenstein's Ladder," "Psalm," "Six Almonds," and "The James Brothers" to see what I mean. Since John Ashbery revitalized the sestina with his "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape," included in his 1970 book The Double Dream of Spring, sestinas have become all the rage. Lehman is one of the most accomplished practitioners of this exacting form, as the brilliant "Big Hair" and "Sestina," from this new colection, demonstrate. This is Lehman's best book of poems.
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