Get Up, Please : Poems

David Kirby

ISBN 10: 0807162892 / ISBN 13: 9780807162897

Published by LSU Press Mär 2016, 2016

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Neuware - In comical and complex poems, David Kirby examines our extraordinarily human condition through the lens of our ordinary daily lives. These keenly observant poems range from the streets of India, Russia, Turkey, and Port Arthur, Texas, to the imaginations of fellow poets Keats and Rilke, and to ruminations on the mundane side of life via the imperfect sandwich. Whether remembering girls' singing groups of the 1950s or recounting a child asking his priest if his dog would go to heaven, Kirby has the ability to make us laugh, but he can also bring us to tears through our laughter.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Get Up, Please : Poems
• Publisher: LSU Press Mär 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807162892
• ISBN 13: 9780807162897
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 155H x 13D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams

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Synopsis

In comical and complex poems, David Kirby examines our extraordinarily human condition through the lens of our ordinary daily lives. These keenly observant poems range from the streets of India, Russia, Turkey, and Port Arthur, Texas, to the imaginations of fellow poets Keats and Rilke, and to ruminations on the mundane side of life via the imperfect sandwich.
Whether remembering girls' singing groups of the 1950s or recounting a child asking his priest if his dog would go to heaven, Kirby has the ability to make us laugh, but he can also bring us to tears through our laughter.

About the Author

David Kirby teaches at Florida State University, where he is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English. His many books include Little Richard: The Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll, described by the Times Literary Supplement as “a hymn of praise to the emancipatory power of nonsense.” In 2016, Kirby received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Florida Humanities, which called him “a literary treasure of our state.”