Stupid Hope |
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| Author:
| Shinder, Jason |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55597-533-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | Graywolf Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.