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An Algebra (Phoenix Poets)
Don Bogen
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Description for An Algebra (Phoenix Poets)
Paperback. A collection of eight sequences and sixteen individual poems, which leap from the public realm of urban decay and outsourcing to the intimacies of family life, from a street mime to a haunting dream, from elegy to lyric evocation. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
from Bagatelles Bagatelles, mere gestures in dry air, each pluck a dot, strokes marked on silence reaching into the dark. Beauty is strict, it passes: an echo, a wedge of harmony, sudden, broken - Who goes there? "An Algebra" is an interwoven collection of eight sequences and sixteen individual poems, where images and phrases recur in new contexts, connecting and suspending thoughts, emotions, and insights. By turns, the poems leap from the public realm of urban decay and outsourcing to the intimacies of family life, from a street mime to a haunting dream, from elegy to lyric evocation. Wholeness and ... Read more
from Bagatelles Bagatelles, mere gestures in dry air, each pluck a dot, strokes marked on silence reaching into the dark. Beauty is strict, it passes: an echo, a wedge of harmony, sudden, broken - Who goes there? "An Algebra" is an interwoven collection of eight sequences and sixteen individual poems, where images and phrases recur in new contexts, connecting and suspending thoughts, emotions, and insights. By turns, the poems leap from the public realm of urban decay and outsourcing to the intimacies of family life, from a street mime to a haunting dream, from elegy to lyric evocation. Wholeness and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Series
Phoenix Poets
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226063133
SKU
V9780226063133
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About Don Bogen
Don Bogen is professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of three books of poetry, including, most recently, Luster.
Reviews for An Algebra (Phoenix Poets)
"In his best work... conscience and craft fuse seamlessly, and the result is original and arresting." - Nation"