| The Americans Contributor(s): Roderick, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822963124 ISBN-13: 9780822963127 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Series: Pitt Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.1" (0.30 lbs) 88 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Roderick's second book, The Americans, pledges its allegiance to dirt. And to laptops. And to swimming pools, the Kennedys, a flower in a lapel, plastic stars hanging from the ceiling of a child's room, churning locusts, a jar of blood, a gleam of sun on the wing of a plane. His poems swarm with life. They also ask an unanswerable question: What does it mean to be an American? Restless against the borders we build--between countries, between each other--Roderick roams from place to place in order to dig into the messy, political, idealistic and ultimately inexplicable idea of American-ness. His rangy, inquisitive lyrics stitch together a patchwork flag, which he stakes alongside all the noise of our construction, our obsessive building and making, while he imagines the fate of a nation built on desire. Winner of the 2014 Julie Suk Award for the best poetry book published by an independent press. |