Take Heart

Peacock, Molly

ISBN 10: 0394575156 / ISBN 13: 9780394575155

Published by Random House, 1989

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Signed by Author! ook itself is in Great condition! Interior is in Great condition! Dustjacket is in Good condition. There is a ~1" section torn from the top of the front DJ by the spine. Other rubbing/scratches on the DJ. Still in Very Good condition overall! "Raw Heaven established Molly Peacock as one of the most promising of American poets. With Take Heart, she transcends her previous work in richness, in lyricism, in artistic daring, and confirms her place among the leading poets of our time." Your purchase supports a small business. We want you to love your book so customer service is important to us! All orders come with a FREE bookmark!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Take Heart
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394575156
• ISBN 13: 9780394575155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Poems deal with emotions, parents, alcoholism, dreams, money, travel, burdens, nature, human sexuality, and religion

Reviews

In blunt, unadorned language that could almost be prose, Peacock describes events not often the province of poetry: repeated abuse by an alcoholic father, for instance, or the aftermath of an abortion. Though struggling throughout to "surrender to the fact that I am," Peacock is in no mood for reconciliation with the world at large, a place "dry, shoddy/ and expensive below the sky, expansive" where "I am busy dividing: cut, cut." Undeniably powerful, her poems are yet not wholly satisfying because her very evident anger is not effectively integrated into a larger vision. As a result, her work can seem fragmented, built of tart but almost too-easy aphorism and experiences so white-hot in their immediacy that they cannot quite be seen. Still, though her work is not for everyone, the author of Raw Heaven ( LJ 1/85) is one of the more influential poets at work today.
- Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
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