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Invasions
Adam Kirsch
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Description for Invasions
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
In his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditional forms to create a free, contemporary music amidst the omens of the post-September 11 world. Mr. Kirsch is at home with all the strange juxtapositions of our culture: he can celebrate "the paradisal sighs" of Jane Birkin and still hear the "angelic harmonies" of Handel's Messiah; he can observe military jets trailing "stripes of smoke" and find the quiet of a synagogue in Queens. Invasions ... Read more
In his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditional forms to create a free, contemporary music amidst the omens of the post-September 11 world. Mr. Kirsch is at home with all the strange juxtapositions of our culture: he can celebrate "the paradisal sighs" of Jane Birkin and still hear the "angelic harmonies" of Handel's Messiah; he can observe military jets trailing "stripes of smoke" and find the quiet of a synagogue in Queens. Invasions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566637749
SKU
V9781566637749
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Ref
99-15
About Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch's first book of poems, The Thousand Wells, was awarded the New Criterion Poetry Prize. Mr. Kirsch has also written two books of poetry criticism, The Wounded Surgeon and The Modern Element. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Invasions
Philosophically engaged rather than philosophically detached, Adam Kirsch brings a singular and welcome seriousness to contemporary verse. In his new collection, he trains a shrewd eye on the violence and vulgarity of our age, but also celebrates, intelligently and convincingly, the larger and enduring realities of art, science, peace, and faith. These excellent poems are triumphs of craft and hope. ... Read more