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Medicine
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Artikel-Nr:
9780140589245
Veröffentl:
2000
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.06.2000
Seiten:
98
Autor:
Amy Gerstler
Gewicht:
156 g
Format:
229x152x6 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Amy Gerstler
Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine, she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella's wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife--are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.
MedicinePrayer for Jackson To a Young Woman in a Coma Nearby The Bear-Boy of Lithuania The Naturalist's Wife Yom Kippur in Utah The Story of Toasted Cheese A Nautical Tale Loss An Attempt at Solace Scorched Cinderella A Non-Christian on Sunday Lovesickness: a radio play for four disembodied voices The Bride Goes Wild Overheard at the Watering Hole Prescription for Living To My Husband, on the First Anniversary of His Mother's Death A Sage in Retirement Spring Tonic Cut-Up July 3rd Address to a Broom The Holy Storm Things That Loosen the Tongue Word Salad Mysterious Tears Retreat Medicine A Crushed House Corpse and Mourner Fugutive Color A Severe Lack of Holiday Spirit "The landscape sends us our beloved" Tidings Nightfall