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A Glossary of Chickens: Poems
Gary J. Whitehead
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Description for A Glossary of Chickens: Poems
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 130.
With skillful rhetoric and tempered lyricism, the poems in A Glossary of Chickens explore, in part, the struggle to understand the world through the symbolism of words. Like the hens of the title poem, Gary J. Whitehead's lyrics root around in the earth searching for sustenance, cluck rather than crow, and possess a humble majesty. Confronting subjects such as moral depravity, nature's indifference, aging, illness, death, the tenacity of spirit, and the possibility of joy, the poems in this collection are accessible and controlled, musical and meditative, imagistic and richly figurative. They are informed by history, literature, and a deep ... Read more
With skillful rhetoric and tempered lyricism, the poems in A Glossary of Chickens explore, in part, the struggle to understand the world through the symbolism of words. Like the hens of the title poem, Gary J. Whitehead's lyrics root around in the earth searching for sustenance, cluck rather than crow, and possess a humble majesty. Confronting subjects such as moral depravity, nature's indifference, aging, illness, death, the tenacity of spirit, and the possibility of joy, the poems in this collection are accessible and controlled, musical and meditative, imagistic and richly figurative. They are informed by history, literature, and a deep ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691157467
SKU
V9780691157467
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About Gary J. Whitehead
Gary J. Whitehead is the author of two previous collections of poetry. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and has been featured on Garrison Keillor's public radio program the Writer's Almanac. Whitehead teaches English at Tenafly High School in New Jersey and lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
Reviews for A Glossary of Chickens: Poems
"Whitehead's poems are learned without being fussy, masterfully observant and complete. He provides a seriously good time... He is attentive in ways that offer a digestible, quirky adhesiveness... [L]ike Tobias Wolff or other contemporaries in that league, Whitehead blurs with perfection the line between story-telling and poetry... I repeat. Masterfully observant and complete."
Barbara Berman, Rumpus "It's skillful and beautiful without ... Read more
Barbara Berman, Rumpus "It's skillful and beautiful without ... Read more