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The New and Collected Poems of Jane Gentry (Hardcover)
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The New and Collected Poems of Jane Gentry (Hardcover)
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Jane Gentry (1941--2014) possessed an uncanny ability to spin
quietly expansive and wise verses from small details, objects, and
remembered moments. The hallmarks of her work are insight into
nature, faith, the quotidian, and -- perhaps most prominently --
the grounding of her home and family in the state of Kentucky. This
innovative poet and critic was for many years one of the animating
spirits of literary life in the region. Gentry and her daughters
collaborated with editor Julia Johnson to organize this definitive
collection. The result is an important literary anthology that
assembles Gentry's most celebrated poems alongside new, previously
unpublished works. Johnson uses Gentry's own methodology to arrange
the poems in sequences comparable to those found in her previous
collections. This organization showcases the range of the poet's
work and the flexibility of her style, which is sometimes ironic
and humorous; sometimes poignant; but always clear, intelligent,
and revelatory. This volume includes two full-length collections of
poetry in their entirety -- A Garden in Kentucky and Portrait of
the Artist as a White Pig. The final section features Gentry's
unpublished work, bringing together her early poems, verses written
for loved ones, and a large group of more recent work that may have
been intended for future collections. Alternately startling and
heart-wrenching, The New and Collected Poems of Jane Gentry offers
a valuable retrospective of the celebrated poet's work.
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