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That Swing: Poems, 2008-2016
X. J. Kennedy
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Description for That Swing: Poems, 2008-2016
Paperback. This wise and clever book is rounded out with adept translations of work by Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Arthur Rimbaud, and others. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. .
In this, his ninth book of poetry, lyric master X. J. Kennedy regales his readers with engaging rhythm fittingly signaled by the book's title, which echoes Duke Ellington's jazz classic It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). Kennedy's poems, infused with verve and surprise, are by turns irresistibly funny and sharply insightful about life in America. Some poems are personal recollections of childhood and growing up, as in My Mother Consigns to the Flames My Trove of Comic Books. Thomas Hardy's Obsequies tells the bizarre true account ... Read more
In this, his ninth book of poetry, lyric master X. J. Kennedy regales his readers with engaging rhythm fittingly signaled by the book's title, which echoes Duke Ellington's jazz classic It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). Kennedy's poems, infused with verve and surprise, are by turns irresistibly funny and sharply insightful about life in America. Some poems are personal recollections of childhood and growing up, as in My Mother Consigns to the Flames My Trove of Comic Books. Thomas Hardy's Obsequies tells the bizarre true account ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421422442
SKU
V9781421422442
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About X. J. Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy has written nine collections of poetry, among them In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955-2007 and Fits of Concision: Collected Poems of Six or Fewer Lines. The coeditor, with Dana Gioia, of An Introduction to Poetry, he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Poets' Prize, the Robert Frost Medal, the ... Read more
Reviews for That Swing: Poems, 2008-2016
Here, in Kennedy's signature combination of storytelling, formal nimbleness, and comic moments mixed with reverie and melancholy, we find the poet assessing the past and looking out on a future beyond his own lifetime.
The Hudson Review
Typical of Kennedy's versatility and willingness to defy poetic expectations...
Los Angeles Review of Books
Now eighty-six, we should ... Read more
The Hudson Review
Typical of Kennedy's versatility and willingness to defy poetic expectations...
Los Angeles Review of Books
Now eighty-six, we should ... Read more