Stranger Truths (Paperback)

The Kent State University Press

ISBN 10: 087338833X / ISBN 13: 9780873388337

Published by Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2005

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Paperback. "Maureen Passmore's poetry I can only liken to cut-and-polished jewels: structurally simple, innately priceless, sharp-edged, and brilliant. . . . With the jeweler's touch, she brings out just enough edge, elegant and lean, to intrigue us before offering the next edge, then the next. What makes her poetry more than just admirable is the genuine vision behind it: she is determined to recreate emotional experience through a vehicle other than herself. . . . In a time of highly decorative and self-serving artistry, here comes a poet with the strength of the ground." -- Larissa Szporluk "Maureen Passmore's poetry I can only liken to cut-and-polished jewels: structurally simple, innately priceless, sharp-edged, and brilliant. With the jeweler's touch, she brings out just enough edge, elegant and lean, to intrigue us before offering the next edge, then the next. What makes her poetry more than just admirable is the genuine vision behind it: she is determined to recreate emotional experience through a vehicle other than herself. In a time of highly decorative and self-serving artistry, here comes a poet with the strength of the ground." - Larissa Szporluk" Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stranger Truths (Paperback)
• Publisher: Kent State University Press, Kent, OH
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087338833X
• ISBN 13: 9780873388337
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“Maureen Passmore’s poetry I can only liken to cut-and-polished jewels: structurally simple, innately priceless, sharp-edged, and brilliant. . . . With the jeweler’s touch, she brings out just enough edge, elegant and lean, to intrigue us before offering the next edge, then the next. What makes her poetry more than just admirable is the genuine vision behind it: she is determined to recreate emotional experience through a vehicle other than herself. . . . In a time of highly decorative and self-serving artistry, here comes a poet with the strength of the ground.” ― Larissa Szporluk

About the Author

Maureen Passmore earned an M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University, where she received the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. Her poems have appeared in Sycamore Review and have won the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.