Help is on the Way (Four Lakes Poetry) (Four Lakes Poetry Series) - Softcover

John Brehm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 029928624X ISBN 13: 9780299286248

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012

Synopsis

Help Is on the Way takes readers from the subways of New York City to the savannas of Paleolithic Africa to the transplant ward of Kyoto University Hospital. But whatever their setting, these poems are enlivened by the subtle music, penetrating wit, and remarkable emotional honesty that won high praise for his earlier collection, Sea of Faith, and constitute John Brehm's singularly engaging voice.

About this title

Review:

"Brehm's poems are sexy, funny, often brilliantly crafted, and wonderfully sweet at their core."--David Daniel, "Ploughshares"

"Reading John Brehm, it is difficult not to be charmed by his voice and glittering wit. . . . Brehm is the poet-friend you've always wanted. . . . a plain-speaking raconteur--delightfully hyperbolic, ironic, and comically self-deprecating."--Mike Wilmot, "Prairie Schooner"""

"Reading John Brehm, it is difficult not to be charmed by his voice and glittering wit. . . . Brehm is the poet-friend you've always wanted. . . . a plain-speaking raconteur--delightfully hyperbolic, ironic, and comically self-deprecating."--Mike Wilmot, "Prairie Schooner"""

"These poems are ecstatic songs, human tunes, being sung in a tone of honesty that makes you want to sing yourself."--"Tin House"

Brehm s poems are sexy, funny, often brilliantly crafted, and wonderfully sweet at their core. David Daniel, "Ploughshares""

Reading John Brehm, it is difficult not to be charmed by his voice and glittering wit. . . . Brehm is the poet-friend you ve always wanted. . . . a plain-speaking raconteur delightfully hyperbolic, ironic, and comically self-deprecating. Mike Wilmot, "Prairie Schooner""""

Brehm s poems are sexy, funny, often brilliantly crafted, and wonderfully sweet at their core. David Daniel, Ploughshares

"

Reading John Brehm, it is difficult not to be charmed by his voice and glittering wit. . . . Brehm is the poet-friend you ve always wanted. . . . a plain-speaking raconteur delightfully hyperbolic, ironic, and comically self-deprecating. Mike Wilmot, Prairie Schooner

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These poems are ecstatic songs, human tunes, being sung in a tone of honesty that makes you want to sing yourself. Tin House"

About the Author:

<strong>John Brehm’s</strong> poems have appeared in <em>Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Gulf Coast, Barrow Street, Prairie Schooner, the Missouri Review</em> and many other journals and anthologies. He is author of <em>Sea of Faith</em>, winner of the 2004 <em>Brittingham Prize in Poetry</em>, and associate editor of <em>The Oxford Book of American Poetry</em>. He lived in New York City for many years and now resides in Portland, Oregon

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 029928624X
• ISBN 13: 9780299286248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80