Sally's Hair: Poems - Hardcover

Koethe, John

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060789433 ISBN 13: 9780060789435

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

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A new collection of elegiac poetry from the author of North Point North examines the transitory nature of everyday human experience and the creative power of humankind, in such works as "Eros and the Everyday," "The Unlasting," "The Maquiladoras," and "Poetry and the War." 10,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Powerful and intimate." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Powerful and intimate."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"A highly readable book, appealing... and compelling in the rigor of its inquiry into the human condition ."--Boston Review

"Koethe sounds like nobody else, and SALLY'S HAIR is his best book...his most intimate and his most worldly."--James Longenbach

"Koethe continues his reign as one of America's most contemplative poets... The whole collection strikes a delicate and surprising balance."--Booklist

"Brooding, philosophical ruminations . . . Passionate, lyrical poems of great energy and provocative ideas."--Entertainment Weekly

Brooding, philosophical ruminations . . . Passionate, lyrical poems of great energy and provocative ideas. --Entertainment Weekly"

Powerful and intimate. --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

A highly readable book, appealing... and compelling in the rigor of its inquiry into the human condition . --Boston Review"

Koethe continues his reign as one of America s most contemplative poets... The whole collection strikes a delicate and surprising balance. --Booklist"

About the Author:

John Koethe is distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the first Poet Laureate of Milwaukee. His collections include Falling Water, which won the Kingsley-Tufts Award, North Point North, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Ninety-fifth Street, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2011, he received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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