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Little Kisses (Phoenix Poets)
Lloyd Schwartz
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Description for Little Kisses (Phoenix Poets)
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Called the master of the poetic one-liner by the New York Times, acclaimed poet and critic Lloyd Schwartz takes his characteristic tragicomic view of life to some unexpected and disturbing places in this, his fourth book of poetry. Here are poignant and comic poems about personal loss the mysterious disappearance of his oldest friend, his mother's failing memory, a precious gold ring gone missing along with uneasy love poems and poems about family, identity, travel, and art with all of its potentially recuperative power. Humane, deeply moving, and curiously hopeful, these poems are distinguished by their unsentimental but ... Read more
Called the master of the poetic one-liner by the New York Times, acclaimed poet and critic Lloyd Schwartz takes his characteristic tragicomic view of life to some unexpected and disturbing places in this, his fourth book of poetry. Here are poignant and comic poems about personal loss the mysterious disappearance of his oldest friend, his mother's failing memory, a precious gold ring gone missing along with uneasy love poems and poems about family, identity, travel, and art with all of its potentially recuperative power. Humane, deeply moving, and curiously hopeful, these poems are distinguished by their unsentimental but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Phoenix Poets
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226458274
SKU
V9780226458274
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About Lloyd Schwartz
Lloyd Schwartz is the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the commentator on classical music and the visual arts for National Public Radio's Fresh Air, and a noted Elizabeth Bishop scholar. In 1994, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His books of poetry include Cairo Traffic and Goodnight, Gracie, both also published ... Read more
Reviews for Little Kisses (Phoenix Poets)
A major poet with a gentle, comic soul
Roger Rosenblatt There's a dreaminess to the collection...the sense of conversations with people from prior parts of life in moments just before waking.
Boston Globe Despite the sometimes-grave themes, [the collection] is uplifting and joyous. All in all, it is a very lively mix of poems that move with subtlety, ... Read more
Roger Rosenblatt There's a dreaminess to the collection...the sense of conversations with people from prior parts of life in moments just before waking.
Boston Globe Despite the sometimes-grave themes, [the collection] is uplifting and joyous. All in all, it is a very lively mix of poems that move with subtlety, ... Read more