Norman Dubie has one of the most radical imaginations in American letters.
Winner of the PEN Literary Award for Poetry, The Mercy Seat includes selections from each of Dubie’s 17 previous volumes. Whether illuminating a common laborer or a legendary thinker, Dubie meets his subjects with utter compassion for their humanity and the dignity behind their creative work. In pursuit of the well-told story, his love of history is ever-present—though often he recreates his own.
“With its restoration of so many out-of-print poems and its addition of new works, The Mercy Seat was one of last year’s most significant publications.” —American Book Review
“The voices of Dubie’s monologues are full of astonishing intimacy.” —The Washington Post Book World
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Norman Dubie, author of twenty books of poetry, is a Regents' professor at Arizona State University. A practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism whose work has been translated into thirty languages, Dubie received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for The Mercy Seat: Collected and New Poems.
The Widow of the Beast of Ingolstadt
A fork in the garden, the widow digging
Behind her elms
Lives like a mouse with the esteem of a few flowers.
She watches at dusk
While the indigo bunting, out of its cage,
Walks through a plague of snails
That is still smoldering. The gardener
Killed them with gasoline and a long trench, it was
Lye the last time. She thought
Of Pastor Bonhoeffer, who plotted
Against Hitler, and the other prisoners
In the canvas truck
That burned wood, the chuff-chuff
Of steam up the late winter road
From Buchenwald to Flossenbürg-all of
Them hanged in the morning, in the background
The white outbursts of an acetylene torch
Up in the eaves of the S.S. barracks . . .
The widow last night was reading
The third testament, just a row of birches
Swaying in the breeze, and she felt aged-
Then, in all of a moment, she knew
Her husband's watch had just stopped in his grave.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 2513123
Quantity: 5 available
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 2513123-n
Quantity: 5 available
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CX-9781556592126
Quantity: 15 available
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781556592126
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CX-9781556592126
Quantity: 15 available
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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 # 1556592124-R
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781556592126_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1556592124
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Brook Bookstore, Milano, MI, Italy
Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 4ARV0L8UHC
Quantity: 15 available
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 1.3. Seller Inventory # 1556592124-2-1
Quantity: 1 available