No Other Life: Days, Braver Deeds, If He Had - Softcover

Young, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159714004X ISBN 13: 9781597140041

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2005

Synopsis

In lean poems, trimmed of all extraneous words and yet full of unsettling details, Gary Young exposes our collective tragedies. From national crime news to his mother’s suicide, he brings the narrative style of a storyteller to descriptions of pain and loss. Winner of the Poetry Society of America's 2003 William Carlos Williams award, No Other Life brings together in one volume the three books of Young's trilogy: Days, Braver Deeds, and If He Had.

About this title

About the Author:

A versatile poet and book artist, Gary Young also edits the Greenhouse Review Press. He has received fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His literary work has been featured in magazines such as "The American Poetry Review" and "The Kenyon Review," while his printing appears in the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Getty Center for the Arts.

Review:

"...(U)nflinching, stringent in beauty, austerely moving." -- Jane Hirschfield, poet

"There’s no word for what Young does, only for what he accomplishes—the capturing of small, daily miracles." -- Dorianne Laux, poet

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 159714004X
• ISBN 13: 9781597140041
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 177