Cant Be Wrong - Softcover

Lally, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566890462 ISBN 13: 9781566890465

Publisher: Coffee House Press, 1996

Synopsis

Michael Lally is excited by the power of truth...--The New Yorker

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Review:

"Something Back" goes a long way toward capturing the wryness in Michael Lally's poetic tone: "I never had a backache before / I started working out, / now I'm like all those other / jock Adonises, pretending to be / the healthiest man you've ever / scanned when it's all a sham . . . ." Self-consciousness, awareness of absurdity, and underlying fear (of aging, in this case) mark a great deal of these poems, whether they're about relationships, religion, or some other important folly. Lally is an insightful, entertaining writer.

From the Back Cover:

In Cant Be Wrong, the take-no-prisoners stance of Lally's early work is tempered with a deepening tenderness and awareness of human mortality. There is an unmistakable mastery of a colloquial, intimate tone that moves through level after level of experience without ever losing the reader. A superb craftsman who pushes the envelope of what can be said in poetry, Lally is also that rare poet who communicates with a lyrical but unabashed directness that respects the reader's desire to understand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1566890462
• ISBN 13: 9781566890465
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144