First Course In Turbulence

Book 74 of 346: Pitt Poetry

Dean Young

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ISBN 10: 0822956977 ISBN 13: 9780822956976

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999

Language: English

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Title

First Course In Turbulence

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0822956977

ISBN 13

9780822956976

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Finalist for ForeWord Magazine 1999 Poetry Book of the Year

With rapid shifts between subject and tone, sometimes within single poems, Dean Young’s latest book explores the kaleidoscopic welter of art and life. Here parody does not exclude the cri de coeur any more than seriousness excludes the joke. With surrealist volatility, these poems are the result of experiments that continue for the reader during each reading. Young moves from reworkings of creation myths, the index of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, pseudo reports and memos, collaged biographies, talking clouds, and worms, to memory, mourning, sexual playfulness, and deep sadness in the course of this turbulent book.

About the Author

Dean Young has published eight previous books, most recently elegy on toy piano, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Embryoyo. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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