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The Tether: Poems

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Availability:In StockContributor:Carl PhillipsPublish date:4/3/2002Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374528454ISBN-10:374528454UPC:9780374528454Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+Book Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.27 x 5.49 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SCYE1DXSB5

The Tether: Poems

Graceful and resonant new work by a lyric poet at the height of his skill.

As I understand it, I could
call him. Though it would help,
it is not required that I give him
a name first. Also, nothing
says he stops, then, or must turn.
--from "The Figure, the Boundary, the Light"

In the art of falconry, during training the tether between the gloved fist and the raptor's anklets is gradually lengthened...




Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374528454ISBN-10:374528454UPC:9780374528454Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, LGBTQ+Book Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.27 x 5.49 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SCYE1DXSB5

Carl Phillips is the author of four books of poems, including Pastoral and From the Devotions, a finalist for the National Book Award. He is an associate professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.


Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Carl Phillips

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