In these musical poems, April Bernard explores a range of subjects and forms, from a memoir sequence about New York City's East Village in the 1980s, to sonnets of spiritual self-interrogation, to darkly comic hallucinations.
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"Bernard has written a gorgeous, tough, haunting book."
A marvelous poet.
A poet of obvious gifts and power and ambition, unsparing and brilliant. --W. S. Merwin"
A marvelous poet. "
About the Author:
April Bernard is the author of four previous poetry collections and two novels. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. She teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0393051145
- ISBN 13 9780393051148
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
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