Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur rev7921826562
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Fair. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 FIDDLEHEAD POETRY BOOK PRIZEA reimagining of an instructional text on tumbling supports poems about the amateurishness of being human.Tumbling for Amateurs is a reimagining of James Tayloe Gwathmey's 1910 book of the same name, published as part of Spalding's Athletic Library. Bookended with Propositions on why tumbling is a skill that everyone should learn and Extracts from Letters of Support, each verso poem in this collection pairs with a recto illustration based on drawings from the source text. In the spirit of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, word and image work for each other, creating something more than just an instructional manual.Tumbling is, well, a metaphor for everything. And we all are, well, amateurs. Experimentation abounds in these poems and manipulated pictures. There are anaphoras, list sonnets, erasures, palimpsests and concrete poems, all working from tumbling's limited vocabulary and central focus of acrobatics and gymnastics. In this experimentation of form and text is a search for the lyric, for an emotional connection when one isn't always possible, in bodies, in movement, in desire. We measure our lives by what our bodies can do.Matthew Gwathmey's poems, springboarding from a genre of fitness manual popular in the early twentieth century, tumble us into the present through tests gamily set for body and mind. As ripped as his gymnast protagonists - evoked so fetchingly in the book's illustrations - Gwathmey writes a poetry eschewing the lyrical in favour of a stripped-down, athletic language that gives shape to 'what must remain / nameless.' There're so many ways to read ourselves into Tumbling for Amateurs. Go toe to toe with these poems and they'll tone up your grip on what poetry is. - John Barton, author of Lost FamilyWe have no other way to touch each other. / Really no other way to touch each other. / We seek this particular exercise because / we have no other way to touch each other. Like the tumbling acts from which they spring, Gwathmey's poems are delightfully performative. They leap, loop, and reconfigure familiar forms into fresh and acrobatic new intimacies. Slyly queering his source text -- an early 20th century tumbling manual for young men salvaged from the dusty closet of family history -- Gwathmey transforms instruction into seduction as he conducts a tender and playful archeology of desire. - Suzanne Buffam, author of A Pillow BookGwathmey's poems go together like a troupe, somersaulting through the vocabulary of the way a body moves. They turn the still past into this moving present. - Paul Legault, author of The Tower. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1840675217A
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Vendeur : SustainableBooks.com, Amherst, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. N° de réf. du vendeur 1840675217-2-3
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Fair. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 FIDDLEHEAD POETRY BOOK PRIZEA reimagining of an instructional text on tumbling supports poems about the amateurishness of being human.Tumbling for Amateurs is a reimagining of James Tayloe Gwathmey's 1910 book of the same name, published as part of Spalding's Athletic Library. Bookended with Propositions on why tumbling is a skill that everyone should learn and Extracts from Letters of Support, each verso poem in this collection pairs with a recto illustration based on drawings from the source text. In the spirit of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, word and image work for each other, creating something more than just an instructional manual.Tumbling is, well, a metaphor for everything. And we all are, well, amateurs. Experimentation abounds in these poems and manipulated pictures. There are anaphoras, list sonnets, erasures, palimpsests and concrete poems, all working from tumbling's limited vocabulary and central focus of acrobatics and gymnastics. In this experimentation of form and text is a search for the lyric, for an emotional connection when one isn't always possible, in bodies, in movement, in desire. We measure our lives by what our bodies can do.Matthew Gwathmey's poems, springboarding from a genre of fitness manual popular in the early twentieth century, tumble us into the present through tests gamily set for body and mind. As ripped as his gymnast protagonists - evoked so fetchingly in the book's illustrations - Gwathmey writes a poetry eschewing the lyrical in favour of a stripped-down, athletic language that gives shape to 'what must remain / nameless.' There're so many ways to read ourselves into Tumbling for Amateurs. Go toe to toe with these poems and they'll tone up your grip on what poetry is. - John Barton, author of Lost FamilyWe have no other way to touch each other. / Really no other way to touch each other. / We seek this particular exercise because / we have no other way to touch each other. Like the tumbling acts from which they spring, Gwathmey's poems are delightfully performative. They leap, loop, and reconfigure familiar forms into fresh and acrobatic new intimacies. Slyly queering his source text -- an early 20th century tumbling manual for young men salvaged from the dusty closet of family history -- Gwathmey transforms instruction into seduction as he conducts a tender and playful archeology of desire. - Suzanne Buffam, author of A Pillow BookGwathmey's poems go together like a troupe, somersaulting through the vocabulary of the way a body moves. They turn the still past into this moving present. - Paul Legault, author of The Tower. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1840675217A
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003716125
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Vendeur : Old Army Books, Lexington, KY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Reprint. Illus. , large fold-out in a pocket inside back cover; 125 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 40919
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Vendeur : Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Reprint. very nice copy; larger-format. N° de réf. du vendeur 048477
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Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Midget Submarines (Shipshape) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . N° de réf. du vendeur 7719-9781840675214
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Vendeur : Book Dispensary, Concord, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. VERY GOOD hardcover in GOOD unclipped dust jacket, no marks in text, tight binding. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 065183
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Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. N° de réf. du vendeur 6545-9781840675214
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