Just West of Now |
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| Author:
| Raptosh, Diane |
| Series title: | Essential Poets Series 54 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-920717-71-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1992 |
| Publisher: | Guernica Editions, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.00 |
Book Description:
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Diane Raptosh's poems balance reticence against revelation to create a poetry that is urgent, fresh, and beautiful. On the deepest level, these poems are concerned with our failures of communication, the limitations and possibilities of speech, the search for a literal and figurative home, the entanglements of love given and received. Whether she writes of stuttering or of an ill-fitting gift, her work glows with intelligence, wit, and emotion. The book's lively dramatic monologues are...
More DescriptionDiane Raptosh's poems balance reticence against revelation to create a poetry that is urgent, fresh, and beautiful. On the deepest level, these poems are concerned with our failures of communication, the limitations and possibilities of speech, the search for a literal and figurative home, the entanglements of love given and received. Whether she writes of stuttering or of an ill-fitting gift, her work glows with intelligence, wit, and emotion. The book's lively dramatic monologues are sure to provoke sighs of recognition, as well as some thoughtful amusement.