The Sawdust War Poems |
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| Author:
| Barnes, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06239-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Few poets in America today can write as solemnly and truthfully as Jim Barnes about the heritage of America, a heritage as wide as the continent itself.Jim Barnes's aesthetic is vivid throughout these poems. A high sense of loss pervades the book, but Barnes's strong-willed persona never regrets what has passed. Instead, the persona gains strength ......
Few poets in America today can write as solemnly and truthfully as Jim Barnes about the heritage of America, a heritage as wide as the continent itself.Jim Barnes's aesthetic is vivid throughout these poems. A high sense of loss pervades the book, but Barnes's strong-willed persona never regrets what has passed. Instead, the persona gains strength ......