Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough-mindedness gesture toward wisdom.
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Charlie Smith is the author of nine previous poetry collections, eight novels, and a book of novellas. He has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, among other honors. He lives in New York City.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Charlie Smith's "shimmering energy" (Mary Oliver) pushes against the barriers of imagination and the American language. Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough mindedness touch the deep core of our humanness. From "Abuses in the Big Hotels"The old man they watched six years straight do nothingyetdied between shifts. He left a bloody shirt once, inTenerife,and never went back for it. "I loved," the dictator says,"the way my mother's body moved when she strolledalongholding herself in her arms. I have always lovedthe elegant sway, the curve like infinity's cul de sac,the seductive and unappeasable ." and stops talking. Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream.New York Times Book Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780393338195
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