Items related to Divine Nothingness: Poems
Synopsis
From the National Book Award–winning author of This Time, a new volume of poems that explore the very nature of existence.
Divine Nothingness is a meditative reflection on the poet’s past and an elegy to love and the experience of the senses in the face of mortality. From the Jersey side of the Delaware River in Lambertville, Gerald Stern explores questions about who and why we are, locating nothingness in the divine and the divine in nothingness.From “What Brings Me Here?”
Here I am again and what brings me here
to the same wooden bench
preaching to the city of Lambertville
surrounded by mayapples?
For who in the hell is going to lie down with whom in the hell,
either inside or outside?
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Gerald Stern is the author of nineteen volumes of poetry. He has been awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Robert Frost Medal, among many other honors. He lives in New York City.
Review
“Gerald Stern has made an immense contribution to American poetry. His poems are not only great poems, memorable ones, but ones that get into your heart and stay there. Their lyrical ecstasies take you up for that moment so that your vision is changed, you are changed. The voice is intimate, someone unafraid to be imperfect. Gerald Stern’s poems sing in praise of the natural world, and in outrage of whatever is antihuman.”
- Toi Derricote
“The best work of his career . . . Stern’s free verse―derived from William Carlos Williams―repudiates old rules while not quite creating its own: his incidents take on their own life, chaotic yet restrained, broken but passionate.”
- Publishers Weekly
“Stern, at 89, is as robust and forthright as ever, occupying the page with insouciant skill, wry humor, and flashing passion. His long-lined, long poems move with a jazzy tension, pushing the limits and keeping time, rippling and sliding like piano riffs, while his sonnets quake.”
- Donna Seaman, Booklist
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0393352862
- ISBN 13 9780393352863
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages112
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 12.83
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Divine Nothingness: Poems
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_400435331
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Divine Nothingness
Seller: Bellwetherbooks, McKeesport, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: As New. Reprint. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages. Seller Inventory # PB-LN-0393352862
Quantity: 6 available
Seller Image
Divine Nothingness : Poems
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 24809485-n
Quantity: 5 available
Seller Image
Divine Nothingness: Poems by Stern, Gerald [Paperback ]
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780393352863
Quantity: 10 available
Stock Image
Divine Nothingness: Poems Format: Paperback
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780393352863
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller Image
Divine Nothingness : Poems
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 24809485
Quantity: 5 available
Stock Image
Divine Nothingness: Poems
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Seller Inventory # 0393352862-R
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Divine Nothingness (Paperback)
Published by
WW Norton & Co, New York, 2016
ISBN 10: 0393352862
ISBN 13: 9780393352863
New
Paperback
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Divine Nothingness is a meditative reflection on the poet's past and an elegy to love and the experience of the senses in the face of mortality. From the Jersey side of the Delaware River in Lambertville, Gerald Stern explores questions about who and why we are, locating nothingness in the divine and the divine in nothingness. Divine Nothingness is a meditative reflection on the poet's past and an elegy to love and the experience of the senses in the face of mortality. From the Jersey side of the Delaware River in Lambertville, Gerald Stern explores questions about who and why we are, locating nothingness in the divine and the divine in nothingness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393352863
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Divine Nothingness: Poems
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company June 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0393352862
ISBN 13: 9780393352863
New
Paper Back
Seller: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paper Back. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 151053
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
Divine Nothingness Poems
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # WN-9780393352863
Quantity: 15 available