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Dark and light alternate in these poems. Irony and farce one moment
is replaced the next by a surprising lyricism. Amsterdam, New York,
London - actually observed scenes contrast with others that exist
almost solely in the poet's mind. The big issue of politics shift
to the intimate and personal and back again by something like a
Moebius loop of language. Poems such as Central Park Vistas betray
in comic fashion Donald Gardner's struggle to become at least a
better poet, if not a better person. The title poem, The Glittering
Sea, was inspired by The Falling Man - an image which stunned the
post 9/11 world.
Inner self and outer world are inextricable in Donald Gardner's
poems, while dreams become the new realism. In one poem, the
narrator survives his own death and visits the office where he
spent his days; in another the apparatus of literary criticism is
directed away from the poetry and levelled at the poet instead.
This is a collection of poetry which spans somewhat more than forty
years. The transitions are stylistically sharp and self-evident.
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
The stories in this collection range from satire to science fiction
to a realism which focuses upon working class life.
John Wheeler, a year out of a failed marriage, has lost his grip as
a journalist for the Spokesman Review. He accepts a position as
editor of the Willow Creek Courier, owned by the wealthy and
eccentric widow Ruth Hutchins. A few months after Wheeler has
gotten settled into his new life in the quaint resort town of
Willow Creek, Rose LaBelle arrives driving a red Trans Am with the
personalized plate proclaiming "Dancer." She fled Coeur d'Alene to
escape an intolerable situation involving a considerate boyfriend
who could not truly accept her occupation as an "exotic performer"
at a nightclub along the Washington-Idaho state line. Wheeler and
Ms Labelle are drawn to each other as fellow refugees from an urban
landscape.
A fictionalized account of the time during which the author lived
in Kunming, Yunnan Province, the narrative is rendered by a
gentleman who feels distinctly out of his element, and who must
resort to various rather unusual measures in order for him to
return toward a psychological equilibrium. The central theme is the
ever-present possibility of tension between a husband and wife,
particularly if they do not share the same language.
Sidney Cline meets Rita Dunn one blustery autumn morning when they
are both on their way to work. He offers her a lift and she accepts
his invitation. Their relationship slowly develops until her
brother-in-law begins to interfere.
These stories reflect the author's preoccupations with the trials
and conflicts of early married life, and the need for individuals
to make their mark in the world, if only to carve a few words onto
the surface of a stone.
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