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Still Life
Alex Long
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Description for Still Life
Paperback. Walking together Long sings to us--a twenty-first century Whitman-- how we perceive and what we do the broken world matters. Series: White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 199.
"There is nothing 'still' in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in Still Life attempts to fix a focus upon a scene or subject, the protean natures under view draw the poet into the eddies and complexities of reflection. This is a powerful and moving collection of poems."-- David St. John Alexander Long's books include Vigil and ... Read more
"There is nothing 'still' in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in Still Life attempts to fix a focus upon a scene or subject, the protean natures under view draw the poet into the eddies and complexities of reflection. This is a powerful and moving collection of poems."-- David St. John Alexander Long's books include Vigil and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
White Pine Press Poetry Prize
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Buffalo, United States
ISBN
9781935210290
SKU
V9781935210290
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About Alex Long
Alexander Long's books include Vigil and Light Here, Light There. With Christopher Buckley, Long is the co-editor of A Condition of the Spirit: the Life & Work of Larry Levis (Eastern Washington UP, 2004). Originally from Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, he lives in Hoboken, NJ.
Reviews for Still Life
"There is nothing "still" in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in Still Life attempts to fix a focus ... Read more