My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge

Paul Guest

ISBN 10: 006168516X / ISBN 13: 9780061685163

Published by Ecco Press November 2008, 2008

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge
• Publisher: Ecco Press November 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006168516X
• ISBN 13: 9780061685163
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

A new collection by the Whiting Award-winning author of Notes for My Body Double offers new perspectives on his experiences as a physically challenged writer and the range of emotions he endured after a childhood accident that left him paralyzed.

Review

"Astonishing." -- Jorie Graham

Astonishing. --Jorie Graham

"Guest takes the reader on a path like few contemporary poets offer."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Astonishing."--Jorie Graham

Guest takes the reader on a path like few contemporary poets offer. --Chicago Sun-Times"

A beautiful, breathless torrent of language that is dark or insightful or funny or any combination thereof, but always on the mark, always riveting. . . . "My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge" is a terrific book. --Mark Strand"

Astonishing. --Jorie Graham"

"A beautiful, breathless torrent of language that is dark or insightful or funny or any combination thereof, but always on the mark, always riveting. . . . My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a terrific book. "--Mark Strand