The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060167440 ISBN 13: 9780060167448

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1992

Synopsis

An anthology of poems specially compiled for men brings together the poetry read at men's movement retreats and offers important commentary by the three leaders of the movement. $50,000 ad/promo.

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Review:

"A splendid, robust collection of world poetry from Hesiod and Heraclitus to the present...The editors, leaders of the men's movement, have used these poesm in weekend retreats; they stress the old traditions of spoken poetry. The collection is organized into 16 sections dealing with men's issues such as war, love, fatherhood, communication and denial."--"St. Louis Post Dispatch"The stories in this book-though emerging from the editors' men's work-can be equally important to women. The book works well for those new to and unfamiliar with poetry and for experenced readers. These poems are lively, rather than dull; the editors help us by putting them into a useful context."--"Man!"[The editors'] collaboration resulted in a book with a remarkable group of poets across the ages, from Emily Dickinson to Charles Bukowski, from Catullus to Bob Dylan...These are poems focusing on concerns of the heart-fathers and sons, love and hurt, peace and war, anger, denial and zaniness."--"Seattle Post

About the Author:

Robert Bly's books of poetry include The Night Abraham Called to the Stars and My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy. His awards include the National Book Award for poetry and two Guggenheims. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0060167440
• ISBN 13: 9780060167448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Bly Robert W., Hillman James, Meade Michael