Augustine in Carthage And Other Poems |
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| Author:
| Porco, Alessandro |
| Series title: | Misfits Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55022-818-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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A daring new collection of poetry from Alessandro Porco. Equally crude and charming, locker-room macho and sensitive, these poems are always singularly marked by formal ingenuity and stylistic élan. A poetry that gleefully articulates the possibilities of a 21st century balls-deep masculinity, Porco's new collection begins with its most important work, 'Augustine in Carthage,' atrans-historical re-imagining of Book III of St. Augustine's
Confessions, which includes (among other...
More DescriptionA daring new collection of poetry from Alessandro Porco. Equally crude and charming, locker-room macho and sensitive, these poems are always singularly marked by formal ingenuity and stylistic élan. A poetry that gleefully articulates the possibilities of a 21st century balls-deep masculinity, Porco's new collection begins with its most important work, 'Augustine in Carthage,' atrans-historical re-imagining of Book III of St. Augustine's Confessions, which includes (among other things) philosophising strippers, Tampico bombers, rabbit holes, coprology, and comic-book heroism.