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Winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Craig Arnold's Shells was acclaimed as "a gifted collection of daring writing" by the contest judge, the distinguished poet W. S. Merwin. The book is an intriguing set of variations on the theme of identity. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures. "Friendships based on food," Arnold writes, "are rarely stable"--this book is full of wildly unstable and bewitching friendships and other significant relations.
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Shells (Yale Series of Younger Poets)
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Yale University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0300079109
ISBN 13: 9780300079104
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Very Good copy of the First Edition with a touch of shelfwear and slight bumping to the corners. 'Winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Craig Arnold's Shells was acclaimed as 'a gifted collection of daring writing' by the contest judge, the distinguished poet W. S. Merwin. The book is an intriguing set of variations on the theme of identity. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures. 'Friendships based on food,' Arnold writes, 'are rarely stable'--this book is full of wildly unstable and bewitching friendships and other significant relations.' -- publisher. Seller Inventory # 636451
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Shells (Yale Series of Younger Poets, Volume 93)
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Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999
ISBN 10: 0300079109
ISBN 13: 9780300079104
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second printing, 79 pages. Short tear to the fore edge of the front cover, faint tanning to the edges. Inscribed to the previous owners and signed by Arnold on the title page. Inscribed By the Author. Seller Inventory # 231120