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In thirteen poems, characters living in upstate New York discuss the death of landlady, visit their old neighborhood, consider the meaning of their names, and share their observations of nature.
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America's paved-over landscape dotted with its oases of shopping malls and franchise strips is the setting for Hayden Carruth's Asphalt Georgics, a new collection of thirteen poems in the common speech of Upstate New York.
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Hayden Carruth (1921–2008) was a 20th century American poet, literary critic and editor.
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- PublisherNew Directions
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0811209385
- ISBN 13 9780811209380
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages75
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Asphalt Georgics: Poetry (New Directions Paperbook)
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