The Land of Give and Take (Paperback)

Tyler Farrell

ISBN 10: 1907056955 / ISBN 13: 9781907056956

Published by Salmon Poetry, Co Clare, 2012

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Paperback. In The Land of Give and Take, Tyler Farrell's second collection of poems, a variety of characters appear as on a stage: teenagers and grandparents, priests and poets, the wise and the foolish. Shadowing many of the poems is a conflicted Catholicism, sometimes resentful of the Church's claims, but recognising that, in the end, nothing else gives the same weight and meaning to this transient life.There is morning and nightto see through their eyes.There are amusementsto be told, invented,two historians that begin a game.(from 'The Lives of the City, Long Forgotten')Tyler Farrell was born in Illinois and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has published poems, essays, and reviews in many periodicals, and a biographical essay for the late James Liddy's Selected Poems (2011). His first collection of poems, Tethered to the Earth, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2008. He teaches writing and literature at Marquette University and currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. A collection marked by authenticity and pathos, where a variety of characters appear transiently, as if on a stage. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Land of Give and Take (Paperback)
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry, Co Clare
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907056955
• ISBN 13: 9781907056956
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In The Land of Give and Take, Tyler Farrell's second collection of poems, a variety of characters appear as on a stage: teenagers and grandparents, priests and poets, the wise and the foolish, professors and proles. Their stories are told by an acute narrator, or often by the characters themselves. The reader buys these stories for their authenticity and pathos. Shadowing many of the poems is a conflicted Catholicism, sometimes resentful of the church's claims, but recognizing that nothing else gives weight and meaning to the lives of these transient personalities.