Everything We Always Knew Was True Contributor(s): Galvin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556594925 ISBN-13: 9781556594922 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2015039063 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.40 lbs) 72 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: James Galvin has a voice and a world, perhaps the two most difficult things to achieve in poetry.--The Nation Bleak and unsentimental but blessedly free of self-indulgence, these poems give the feeling of being absolutely essential.--Library Journal Galvin has] the virtues of precise observation and original language . . . a rigor of mind and firmness of phrasing which make each] poem an architectural pleasure.--Harvard Review In his first collection in seven years, James Galvin expands upon his signature spare and gnomic lyric as he engages restrained astonishment, desire, and loss in a confessional voice. Whether considering masterpieces of painting or describing the austere landscape of his native Wyoming ranchlands, Galvin turns to highly imagistic yet intimate narratives to rain down compassion within isolation. From On the Sadness of Wedding Dresses: On starless, windless nights like this James Galvin passionately depicts the rural American West and the interactions between humans and nature in his best-selling memoir The Meadow and his novel Fencing the Sky. Galvin is also the author of several volumes of poetry and teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He divides his time between Iowa and Wyoming. |