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A Question of Seeing

Poems

A Question of Seeing( )
Author: Finkel, Donald
ISBN:978-1-55728-501-0
Publication Date:Jan 1998
Publisher:University of Arkansas Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $40.00
Book Description:

In lines electrified with lyricism and wit, Donald Finkel carves a clearing out of the backyard brush and the intellectual brambles of existence.

Whether he writes a short lyric or a long experimental series, Finkel relies on concrete images--a breeze through grass, a cigarette in a piano player's hand--to ground his central questions about the clash of order and chaos in our everyday lives.

He delights in naming weeds and towering trees, cars and streets. Yet,...
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Book Details
Pages:104
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.032 cm
Book Weight:0.35 Kilograms
Author Biography
Finkel, Donald (Author)
Poet Donald Finkel was born in New York City on October 21, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1952 and a master's degree in English in 1953 from Columbia University. He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Bard College, and Washington University. He wrote numerous books of poetry including The Garbage Wars (1970), A Mote in Heaven's Eye (1975), Going Under (1978), and Not So the Chairs: Selected and New Poems (2003). He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on November 15, 2008 at the age of 79.

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