X: Poems Contributor(s): Galvin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556591918 ISBN-13: 9781556591914 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2003 Annotation: "X" is the kiss and betrayal, the embrace, the crucifixion, the mathematical unknown. In his sixth book of poems, James Galvin writes from a deep, philosophical engagement with the landscape and faces a "vertigo of solitude" with his marriage dissolved, his only daughter grown and gone, and the log house he built by hand abandoned. "What did I love that made me believe it would last?" he asks. "Something has to be true enough to be "James Galvin has a voice and a world, perhaps the two most difficult things to achieve in poetry."-"The Nation" "In James Galvin we have a superior poet."-"American Book Review" "Galvin's poems have the virtues of precise observation and original language, yes, but what he also brings to the table is a rigor of mind and firmness of phrasing which make the slightest of his poems an architectural pleasure."-"Harvard Review" James Galvin has published five collections of poetry, most recently "Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 19751997," which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Lenore Marshall/"The Nation "Prize. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed prose book, "The Meadow "and a novel, "Fencing the Sky," He lives in Laramie, Wyoming, where he works as a rancher part of each year, and in Iowa City, where he is a member of the permanent faculty of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2002154675 |
Series: Lannan Literary Selections |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.08" W x 8.94" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: X is the kiss and betrayal, the embrace, the crucifixion, the mathematical unknown. In his sixth book of poems, James Galvin writes from a deep, philosophical engagement with the landscape and faces a vertigo of solitude with his marriage dissolved, his only daughter grown and gone, and the log house he built by hand abandoned. What did I love that made me believe it would last? he asks. Something has to be true enough to be James Galvin has a voice and a world, perhaps the two most difficult things to achieve in poetry.--The Nation In James Galvin we have a superior poet.--American Book Review Galvin's poems have the virtues of precise observation and original language, yes, but what he also brings to the table is a rigor of mind and firmness of phrasing which make the slightest of his poems an architectural pleasure.--Harvard Review James Galvin has published five collections of poetry, most recently Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Lenore Marshall/The Nation Prize. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed prose book, The Meadow and a novel, Fencing the Sky. He lives in Laramie, Wyoming, where he works as a rancher part of each year, and in Iowa City, where he is a member of the permanent faculty of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. |