Synopsis
Poetry. Charles North's ingenious poems in the form of baseball lineups have been exhilarating readers since they first appeared in 1972 and sportswriter Larry Merchant devoted two New York Post columns to them. The Village Voice and The Philadelphia Inquirer have both called the lineups brilliant, and among poets themselves they are legendary. Ranging from hilarious to sober and moving, always witty, these poems metaphorically organize all sorts of human experience-seasons, cities, vegetables, diseases, Wordsworth poems-by batting order and field position. COMPLETE LINEUPS reprints the original series with drawings by Paula North, as well as Lineups II and recent experiments with the form. Also included are three new, unpublished lineups, new drawings, reproductions of artwork based on the poems, author's commentary, and an introduction by poet and critic William Corbett.
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Complete Lineups
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # M04C-02373
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Complete Lineups
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Hanging Loose Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 1934909033
ISBN 13: 9781934909034
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Seller: Village Works, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed to a former reader by Charles North on a front end page. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 012135
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Complete Lineups
Published by
Hanging Loose Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 1934909033
ISBN 13: 9781934909034
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Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. North, Paula (illustrator). First Edition. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Publisher's page shows the number "1" in a series of numerals. Keywords: Lineups, Elizabethan & Nova Scotian Music, Leap Year, The Year of the Olive Oil, New and Selected Poems, The Nearness of the Way You Look Tonight, Cadenza, Complete Lineups, What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems, North of the Charles. Seller Inventory # 147159
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Complete Lineups [Signed, inscribed copy]
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Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn, 2009
ISBN 10: 1934909033
ISBN 13: 9781934909034
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Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Paula North (illustrator). Near Fine glossy softcover 8vo, 69 pages. Not quite as endearing or pretty as the 1972 self-published staple-bound edition "Lineups", but this one is inscribed "to Peter [Schjeldahl] + Brooke [Alderson], love Charles + Paula" with signatures by both. Sample line-up: The Trial 2b Remembrances of Things Past lf Middlemarch c War and Peace 1b The Brothers Karamazov 3b Ulysses ss Moby Dick rf The Magic Mountain c The Wings of the Dove p Enough said. Peter Schjeldahl was a poet, art critic and Mets fan. Photo of signature page upon request. Seller Inventory # 2447