| Dark Alphabet Contributor(s): Maier, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809327260 ISBN-13: 9780809327263 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: In works whose subjects range from the religious to the carnal, the whimsical to the foreboding, Jennifer Maier's debut collection of poems, "Dark Alphabet, "explores the everyday mysteries of our common experience with humor, lucidity, and an unblinking yet compassionate eye. Whether occasioned by a song overheard on the car radio, a packet of risque postcards from the 1920's, a conversation with a dead parent or the behavior of ducks in mating season, each poem sets off on a journey that ranges far from its origins, arriving with the reader in a clearing at dusk, in a place of wise good humor and somber grace. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2006004979 |
| Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.39 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In works whose subjects range from the religious to the carnal, the whimsical to the foreboding, Jennifer Maier's debut collection of poems, Dark Alphabet, explores the everyday mysteries of our common experience with humor, lucidity, and an unblinking yet compassionate eye. Whether occasioned by a song overheard on the car radio, a packet of risqu postcards from the 1920's, a conversation with a dead parent, or the behavior of ducks in mating season, each poem sets off on a journey that ranges far from its origins, arriving with the reader in a clearing at dusk, in a place of wise good humor and somber grace. |