The poems of Reginald Shepherd’s third book move among, mix, and
manufacture stories, seeking to redefine the meaning of mythology.
From the ruined representatives of Greek divinity (broken statues
and fragmented stories), and the dazzling extravagances of
predecessors like Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens, to the fleeting
promises of popular music and the laconic demigods of the
contemporary gay subculture, they sketch maps of a world in which
desire may find a restless home. But desire leads the maps astray
and maps mislead desire. The poems poems both enact language’s
powers to create a world and enforce the world’s insistence
(material, social, sexual, racial, historical) that mind (and body)
surrender to circumstance. The struggle between these two halves
that will never make a whole produces new myths of occasion,
“packing the rifts/with sleeplessness, filling the gaps with
lack.” In that space between promise and deprivation, Wrong
builds its song.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Pitt Poetry Series |
| Release date: |
December 1999 |
| Firstpublished: |
December 1999 |
| Authors: |
Reginald Shepherd
|
| Dimensions: |
215 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
112 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8229-5711-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8229-5711-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780822957119 |
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