Fragments from the Stars

In David Cope's strikingly intense new collection, Fragments for the Stars, we see the continued development of a highly original art. Rising directly out of Williams' graphic American measure, Cope's voice is everywhere infused with a characteristic stark lyricism-producing the powerful work that Carl Rakosi has called his "compassionate realism".

Above The Hudson
After The Long Hard Day
Albeniz, Sor & Sanz
All That You Can Be
All These Thousands Of Windows
Ancient Moe
The Apology
As The Year Ends
At The Summit
The Avenue Of Eternal Peace
Between Buildings
Big Manistee April
Billy
Blowout In Fast Traffic
Bright Dawn Thru Stained Glass Windows
Bright Ride Home
Chorus Of Snores
Clean Up
The Crossing
The Daylong Clouds
The Diaspora
Drawing Breath
Eire
An Emblem For October
Farewell
Flight Delay
For Billy
For Suzanne
For You To Come
The Garden
Getcher Rocks Off Fer Sure
The Gist Of His Command
Gone West
Hairpin Turn
Harvest Sundown
Hospital Windows
Hot Coals Burning On Your Tongue
Icefall In The Trough
Industrial Clinic
The Invisible Keys
Iran
Jane Marie
July
Killings To Be Made In Soybean Futures
Labor Day
Last Will
Light Shines
The Lineup
The Long Road
Marquette Prison
Monticello
Navajo Woman
The New Foot
New Moon
Next!
A Night At The Ballet
Old Dowland Lute
Old Man
On Ramp At Rush Hour
One For Gary
Planting
Quick Glance Back
Quiet Blues
Rainy Dawn
Riddle
The River
The River
Rusting Skeletal Girders Above
The Salvage Yard
Shut The Lights Off
Sky Spread Out With Stars
Sleep
Smash 'em
Soft March Rain
Solemn Eyes
South Kaibab Trail
Spider Writhing In Lamplight
Sundown
Thanks
Tiananmen Square
Trapped In A Ravine
Trucker's Story
Two Lost Dreams
Unprecedented Prosperity And Self-confidence
Warned Not To Go That Way
Will
Wrap It In Memory
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