Iconoscope New and Selected Poems |
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| Author:
| Oresick, Peter |
| Editor:
| Vollmer, Judith |
| Series title: | Pitt Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8229-6380-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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Collected here are poems from Peter Oresick's previous books, beginning with The Story of Glass (1977), and to them are added 36 new poems called Under the Carpathians. His work--known for working class and Catholic themes--probes labor and social history, post-World War II America, Eastern European identity, Eastern Rite Catholicism, and Russian icons and fine art and especially Pittsburgh-born pop art icon Andy Warhol.
Collected here are poems from Peter Oresick's previous books, beginning with The Story of Glass (1977), and to them are added 36 new poems called Under the Carpathians. His work--known for working class and Catholic themes--probes labor and social history, post-World War II America, Eastern European identity, Eastern Rite Catholicism, and Russian icons and fine art and especially Pittsburgh-born pop art icon Andy Warhol.