First Course In Turbulence (Pitt Poetry Series) - Softcover

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Dean Young

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9780822956976: First Course In Turbulence (Pitt Poetry Series)
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ISBN 10: 0822956977 ISBN 13: 9780822956976
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999

Synopsis

Finalist for ForeWord Magazine 1999 Poetry Book of the Year



With rapid shifts between subject and tone, sometimes within single poems, Dean Young’s latest book explores the kaleidoscopic welter of art and life. Here parody does not exclude the cri de coeur any more than seriousness excludes the joke. With surrealist volatility, these poems are the result of experiments that continue for the reader during each reading. Young moves from reworkings of creation myths, the index of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, pseudo reports and memos, collaged biographies, talking clouds, and worms, to memory, mourning, sexual playfulness, and deep sadness in the course of this turbulent book.

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About the Author

Dean Young has published eight previous books, most recently elegy on toy piano, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Embryoyo. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0822956977
ISBN 13 
9780822956976
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
112
Editor
Ed Ochester
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