| Stupid Hope: Poems Contributor(s): Shinder, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 155597533X ISBN-13: 9781555975333 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2009 Annotation: The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, "one of the finest of our new poets" (Gerald Stern) "I close my eyes and try to remember ""when I was unopposed, when I started to die, ""buoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love. " --from "Before" Jason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only "with hope, stupid hope." "Stupid Hope" is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2008941983 |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 6.1" W x 8.86" (0.32 lbs) 88 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, "one of the finest of our new poets" (Gerald Stern) Jason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only "with hope, stupid hope." Stupid Hope is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell. |