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Description for Last Blue: Poems
Paperback. "Stern's bebop poems shimmer and shadow-dance down the page."-Booklist Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160. 112pp
Following his National Book Award winner, This Time, Gerald Stern further explores history and memory, the casual miracles of relationships, and his irrevocable connection to the natural world. The weight of history and the bouyance of memory, the casual miracles of relationships, and his irrevocable connection to the natural world are some of Gerald Stern's ongoing themes in this new book. The poems in Last Blue range in tone from the joyously unrestrained to the quietly somber. A Stern poem can begin with the majestic cadences of an Old Testament psalm, turn on an almost invisible hinge, and bring into ... Read more
Following his National Book Award winner, This Time, Gerald Stern further explores history and memory, the casual miracles of relationships, and his irrevocable connection to the natural world. The weight of history and the bouyance of memory, the casual miracles of relationships, and his irrevocable connection to the natural world are some of Gerald Stern's ongoing themes in this new book. The poems in Last Blue range in tone from the joyously unrestrained to the quietly somber. A Stern poem can begin with the majestic cadences of an Old Testament psalm, turn on an almost invisible hinge, and bring into ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
WW Norton & Co London
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393321623
SKU
KLN0008251
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Gerald Stern
Gerald Stern (1925—2022), the author of nineteen volumes of poetry, was awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Wallace Stevens Award, among many other honors.
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