For five decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of
expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this
“sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary” (Edward Hirsch)
engages a lifetime of memories in his poems, blending
philosophical, wide-ranging intellect with boisterous wit. Memory
unites the poems in Blessed as We Were, which reach back
through seven collections written over almost two decades. Stern
explores casual miracles, relationships and the natural world
in Last Blue (2000); offers a satirical and redemptive
vision in Everything Is Burning (2005) and Save
the Last Dance (2008); meditates on the metamorphosis of
ageing in In Beauty Bright (2012); and captures the
sensual joys of life—even when they are far in the past—in the
wistful love poems and elegies of Galaxy Love (2017).
The volume concludes with over two dozen new poems that combine the
metaphysical with the domestic, from the passage of time and the
cost of love to the profound banality of cardboard and its uses.
With his characteristic exuberant, oracular voice animating every
line, Stern reminds us why he is one of the great American poets,
one who has long “been telling us that the best way to live is
not so much for poetry, but through poetry” (New York Times Book
Review).
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Gerald Stern
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Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06451-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-06451-X |
Barcode: |
9781324064510 |
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