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Herman Melville, Matthew Arnold, Sarah Orne Jewett, Dusty Rhodes, and Hoyt Wilhelm skinny-dip and pick up gondoliers and cut figure eights into the ice in Christopher Bursk’s new collection. But the main cast of characters for these poems is the alphabet itself, “the first inhabitants of Arcadia, / now homesick, curious exiles from Eden.” Here are a boy’s first investigations into the nature of language as he studies the backs of baseball cards, and a young man’s infatuation with the “F-word.” The titles sing their lettered songs: “An Ode to j,” “M-m-m Good!” and “O in Trouble.” Here are “reading lessons,” the author’s exploration of the curses and blessings of the word. It is about the fall from paradise and the gifts that fall makes possible. And over the whole book broods the great lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, that deeply troubled caretaker of the mother tongue. More than an ABC book, this collection asks questions at the very heart of how we understand the world and shows us the glory and silliness at the heart of human life.
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Winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize. Christopher Bursk is also the winner of the 2006 Binghamton University Milt Kessler Book Award.
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Christopher Bursk, recipient of NEA, Guggenheim, and Pew fellowships, is professor of English at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of a number of collections, including Cell Count, Ovid at Fifteen, and The Improbable Swervings of Atoms, winner of the 2004 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. He has been recognized for his work with prisoners, the homeless, food banks, and women’s shelters.
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- PublisherUniversity of Arkansas Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1557288135
- ISBN 13 9781557288134
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Herman Melville, Matthew Arnold, Sarah Orne Jewett, Dusty Rhodes, and Hoyt Wilhelm skinny-dip and pick up gondoliers and cut figure eights into the ice in Christopher Bursks new collection. But the main cast of characters for these poems is the alphabet itself, the first inhabitants of Arcadia, / now homesick, curious exiles from Eden. Here are a boys first investigations into the nature of language as he studies the backs of baseball cards, and a young mans infatuation with the F-word. The titles sing their lettered songs: An Ode to j, M-m-m Good! and O in Trouble.Here are reading lessons, the authors exploration of the curses and blessings of the word. It is about the fall from paradise and the gifts that fall makes possible. And over the whole book broods the great lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, that deeply troubled caretaker of the mother tongue. More than an ABC book, this collection asks questions at the very heart of how we understand the world and shows us the glory and silliness at the heart of human life. Christopher Bursk presents the human experience through the metaphor of the alphabet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781557288134
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