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This new collection from best-selling poet and novelist Stephen
Dobyns focuses on the hard, ephemeral truth of mortality, including
the section "Sixteen Sonnets for Isabel" about the recent death of
his wife; the poem "Laugh," a portrait of the late poet Hayden
Carruth; and the poignant parable of a horse in a bar. In true
Dobyns fashion, these poems grip and guide readers into a state of
empathy, ultimately raising the question of how one lives and
endures in the world. Recognitions The awful imbalance that occurs
with age when you suddenly see that more friends have died, than
remain alive. And at times the memory seems so real that the latest
realization of a death can become a second, smaller death. All
those talks cut off in mid- sentence. All those plans tossed in the
trash. What can you do but sit out on the porch when evening comes?
The day's last light reddens the leaves of the copper beach.
Stephen Dobyns is the best-selling author of twenty-three novels,
fourteen books of poetry, two collections of essays, and one book
of short stories. Among his many honors and awards are fellowships
from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim
Foundation. Dobyns has worked as a reporter for Detroit News, and
has written reviews for such publications as the New York Times,
the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and
the Times Literary Supplement. He has taught at various academic
institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, the Warren Wilson
College MFA Program for Writers, the University of Iowa, Syracuse
University, and Boston University. He currently lives in Westerly,
Rhode Island.
"One of the best of the best...You can't ask for more than this
book gives. I loved it." - Stephen King
"An exquisitely unexpected, delightfully believable exploration of
what normal looks like when it goes through the (evil) looking
glass." --Oprah.com
The sleepy community of Brewster, Rhode Island, is just like any
other small American town. It's a place where most of its
inhabitants will die blocks from where they were born; where gossip
spreads like wildfire, and the big weekend entertainment is the
inevitable fight at the local bar. But recently, something out of
the ordinary--perhaps even supernatural--has been stirring. While
packs of coyotes gather and a baby is stolen and replaced with a
snake, a series of inexplicably violent acts confounds Detective
Woody Potter--and inspires terror in the locals.
A Richard Russo small-town tableau crossed with a Stephen King
thriller, "The Burn Palace" is a darkly funny, twisted portrait of
chaos and paranoia that keeps readers guessing until the final
pages.
"This accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for
creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices.
Stephen Dobyns, author of the classic book on the beauty of poetry,
Best Words, Best Order, moves into new terrain in this remarkable
book. Bringing years of experience to bear on issues such as
subject matter, the mechanics of poetry, and the revision process,
Dobyns explores the complex relationship between writers and their
work. From Philip Larkin to Pablo Neruda to William Butler Yeats,
every chapter reveals useful lessons in these renowned poets' work.
Both enlightening and encouraging, Next Word, Better Word
demystifies a subtle art form and shows writers how to overcome
obstacles in the creative process"--Provided by publisher.
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Seriously Funny - Poems About Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else (Hardcover, New)
Barbara Hamby, David Kirby; Contributions by David Bottoms, Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, …
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This is an anthology of irreverence and humor in the hands of our
best poets. Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare
would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that
address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements.
Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing
with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, ""Seriously Funny""
ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfoolery to
those that glow with quiet wit to ones in which a laugh erupts in
the midst of terrible darkness. Most of the selections were made in
the editors' battered compact car, otherwise known as the Seriously
Funny Mobile Unit. During the two years in which Barbara Hamby and
David Kirby made their choices, they'd set out with a couple of
boxes of books in the back seat, and whoever wasn't driving read to
the other. When they found that a poem made both of them think but
laugh as well, they earmarked it. Readers will find a true
generosity in these poems, an eagerness to share ideas and emotions
and also to entertain. The singer Ali Farka Toure said that honey
is never good when it's only in one mouth, and the editors of
""Seriously Funny"" hope its readers find much to share with
others.
Wrestling, kidnapping, subplots from the Brothers Grimm, and a
young man's search for his missing fiancee are only some of the
elements of Stephen Dobyns's dazzling new novel.
Velocities presents a selection of poems spanning more than
twenty-five years in the career of Stephen Dobyns, one of the
finest and most original poets of our age. This volume brings
together new poems and a generous selection of work from Dobyns's
seven previously published collections.
"This accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for
creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices.
Stephen Dobyns, author of the classic book on the beauty of poetry,
Best Words, Best Order, moves into new terrain in this remarkable
book. Bringing years of experience to bear on issues such as
subject matter, the mechanics of poetry, and the revision process,
Dobyns explores the complex relationship between writers and their
work. From Philip Larkin to Pablo Neruda to William Butler Yeats,
every chapter reveals useful lessons in these renowned poets' work.
Both enlightening and encouraging, Next Word, Better Word
demystifies a subtle art form and shows writers how to overcome
obstacles in the creative process"--Provided by publisher.
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