Short History of Pets (CSU poetry series) (CSU poetry series) (CSU poetry series) - Softcover

Carol Potter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880834499 ISBN 13: 9781880834497

Publisher: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Carol Potter

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About the Author

Carol Potter's two previous books of poems, Before We Were Born and Upside Down in the Dark, were published by Alice James Books. She has received prizes and awards from The Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Missouri Review, and New Letters. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Field, The Women's Review of Books,and elsewhere. She is Professor of English at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts.

Review

"Short History of Pets is a knock-out punch from the get-go. With captivating power, it reminds us that what claims or appears to be short may also be profound, deep and enduring. Also, how many histories are hidden, and for how many diffcult reasons. Carol Potter writes with a magnetically potent instinct for pacing and a stunning originality of style. Her poems pull us into scenes, images, ragged relationships, complicated worlds of adults -- you'll come out voting for children and animals, as well as re-examnining every troubled saga you encounter with a more vivid eye and sense of smell. READ THIS BOOK: It's as important and indelible as that." --Naomi Shihab Nye

"Edgy, odd, rambunctious, the best poems in Carol Potter's Short History of Pets tell the stories of family in a voice that is pungent, urgent and unforgettable." --Dorianne Laux

About this edition

• Publisher: Cleveland State University Poetry Center
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1880834499
• ISBN 13: 9781880834497
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104