Upgraded to Serious Contributor(s): McHugh, Heather (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556593953 ISBN-13: 9781556593956 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
Series: Lannan Literary Selections |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.35 lbs) 104 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: If McHugh is serious, she's anything but grim; with all her punning, bantering, and mock scolding of herself . . . she brightens the shadowy corners of her world with verbal pyrotechnics.--The New York Times Book Review Her poems are open, resilient, invisibly twisted: part safety net, part trampoline.--Village Voice Literary Supplement This fast-paced, verbally dexterous book--honored as a Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly--boils up and boils over as it utilizes medical terminology and iconography to work through loss and detachment. Heather McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms, coupled with her sarcastic self-reflection and infectious laughter, serve as both palliative and prophylactic in the face of human sufferings and ignorance. Being upgraded to serious from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry. Not to Be Dwelled On Self-interest cropped up even there, Why shovel more than anybody else? She cannot die again; and I Heather McHugh is the author of a dozen books of poetry and translation. She teaches at the University of Washington and Warren Wilson College and lives in Seattle, Washington. |