Saving Lives: Poems

Albert Goldbarth "just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages", says Judith Kitchen...
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Author: Albert Goldbarth
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Saving Lives: Poems by Goldbarth, Albert

Saving Lives: Poems

BD$34.76

Saving Lives: Poems

BD$34.76
Author: Albert Goldbarth
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Albert Goldbarth "just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages", says Judith Kitchen in a recent feature on him in the Georgia Review. "Often humorous but always serious, Goldbarth combines erudite research, pop-culture fanaticism, and personal anecdote in ways that make his writings among the most stylistically recognizable in the literary world". This new volume, Saving Lives, both consolidates and extends his passions and their presentations.

The poems range from a few tight, resonant lines to works of long storytelling drive, from sequences that encompass the most flexible of free verse to an homage to the sestina. Some center on familiar cultural icons (Rembrandt, Houdini, Barnum, the Hardy Boys), others on little-known fringe players in subculture's oddest unlit corners, and yet others on family histories. But always they examine an essential subject: the ways in which we try to "save lives" -- whether through a transplanted lung, the archeological remnant, the conserved book.

As ever, Goldbarth dazzles, displaying an energetic mind eager to share his arcane learning, oddball musings, and observations of intimate moments, joys, and despairs. A zany wit and a generous sense of humanity reign equally. Saving Lives only enhances this writer's grand signature tradition.

Author: Albert Goldbarth
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 03/15/2001
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 4.88w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9780814250730


Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2001 pg. 1724
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2001 pg. 78
Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 170

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