In Wyatt Prunty's new collection of poems, people either keep their
balance or, doubting it, tip and fall. A small girl struggles to
ride her bike among older children already 'stable as little
gyros.' Ice-skating with friends, a boy suddenly drops from sight,
and drowns. The poet of Paterson stands at the edge of his Jersey
waterfall and knows that 'good balance is belief.' Poising and
counterpoising themselves in settings at once fixed and erosive,
the people in these poems move through 'one long revisionary river
that curls back against itself, as if the only way to move ahead
was by deflecting back.'
General
| Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction |
| Release date: |
September 1989 |
| First published: |
1989 |
| Authors: |
Wyatt Prunty
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
88 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8018-3894-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-8018-3894-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780801838941 |
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