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A Crash of Rhinos: Poems

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Availability:In StockContributor:Paisley RekdalSeries:Contemporary PoetryPublish date:2000-10-31Pages:88
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820322735ISBN-10:820322733UPC:9780820322735Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.55 x 5.52 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.2094Product ID:SC9W47ACP0
In these quizzically probing and provocative poems, atoms and torture, tattoos and laundromats, mug shots, the theory of light, and such personalities as Joe Louis and Bruce Lee join in shaping a simultaneously personal and historical narrative of love, family, and desire. The tension between the public and the private saturates these poems with a breathless energy that carries the reader through Rekdal's self-aware depiction of American culture and romance, complete with Harlequin romance novels and an account of her parents' courtship. Though Rekdal delights in turning traditional images of love upside down, what she finally offers is a grateful and graceful view of humanity, which convinces us that, as she says in "Convocation" "Nothing is a single moment . . . / No private event lacks history."
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820322735ISBN-10:820322733UPC:9780820322735Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.55 x 5.52 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.2094Product ID:SC9W47ACP0
Paisley Rekdal teaches at the University of Wyoming.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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