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Contains thirty poems on love, childhood, religion and the anguish of war and poverty
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In this, Dubie's 13th book of poems, the political and historical realms vie with the purely personal for our interest. Love poems and reminiscence of kin alternate with poems about oppression and violence. Strange, wonderful, highly compressed metaphors like "I bled like sleeves from a body" repose alongside very flat, prosy language broken into verse lines in a seemingly arbitrary fashion. The unexpected and highly effective use of rhyme at the very close of "Lamentations"' and "Archangels" points up just how fruitful greater attention to form might be for this poet. A rather ahistorical and impressionistic sensibility undermines several of the historical pieces, as does a penchant for easy political attitudinizing: "what/ I want to know of my government is/ Doesn't poverty just fucking break your heart?" Suitable for larger collections. Frank J. Lepkowski, Oakland Univ. Libs.
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0393023028
- ISBN 13 9780393023022
- BindingHardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986. First edition. Contains thirty poems on love, childhood, religion, and the anguish of war and poverty. Signed by Dubie on the title page, and additionally inscribed by him on the dedication page. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 65054
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