The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands - Softcover

Flynn, Professor Of Creative Writing Nick

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9781555976330: The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands

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ISBN 10: 1555976336 ISBN 13: 9781555976330

Publisher: Graywolf Press, 2013

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Review:

"Flynn's poems unnerve and devastate; theirs is a terrible beauty, indeed." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"

"Each word is a lit match, a thrown stone, a howling blast, a choking torrent. Flynn has forged daringly intimate and clarion poems of conscience." --"Booklist"

"[Flynn] sets for himself the task of discovering poetry appropriate to our time, an era of sanctioned torture and protracted wars . . . With "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands", Flynn faces some of the difficult questions and confusions of our time, and he challenges poetry to face itself, as well." --"The Houston Chronicle"

Flynn's poems unnerve and devastate; theirs is a terrible beauty, indeed. "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Each word is a lit match, a thrown stone, a howling blast, a choking torrent. Flynn has forged daringly intimate and clarion poems of conscience. "Booklist"

[Flynn] sets for himself the task of discovering poetry appropriate to our time, an era of sanctioned torture and protracted wars . . . With "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands," Flynn faces some of the difficult questions and confusions of our time, and he challenges poetry to face itself, as well. "The Houston Chronicle""

"Flynn's poems unnerve and devastate; theirs is a terrible beauty, indeed." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Each word is a lit match, a thrown stone, a howling blast, a choking torrent. Flynn has forged daringly intimate and clarion poems of conscience." --Booklist

"[Flynn] sets for himself the task of discovering poetry appropriate to our time, an era of sanctioned torture and protracted wars . . . With The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands, Flynn faces some of the difficult questions and confusions of our time, and he challenges poetry to face itself, as well." --The Houston Chronicle

About the Author:

Nick Flynn is the author of three poetry collections, including Some Ether, and three memoirs, including Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, adapted to the screen as Being Flynn. He teaches at the University of Houston, and divides his time between Houston and New York.

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