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All in One Breath
Harry C. Staley
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Description for All in One Breath
Paperback. This lyrical, autobiographical romp takes the reader from the poet's childhood to combat in World War II, to upstate New York. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
This lyrical, autobiographical romp takes the reader from the poet's childhood, to combat in WW II, to upstate New York. It is tempting to get caught up in the frank passion, the asperity and gall of these poems, but Harry Staley disrupts such a reading with a wink and a nudge. A masterwork of persona, All in One Breath is actually many breaths: the reconstructed Charles McCaffery, the retired, laconic professor Kelly, the lost Uncle Orville and others. At the center is an unstoppable wit and erudition, masked by an exacting, deceptively effortless use of language, of sound and sense. ... Read more
This lyrical, autobiographical romp takes the reader from the poet's childhood, to combat in WW II, to upstate New York. It is tempting to get caught up in the frank passion, the asperity and gall of these poems, but Harry Staley disrupts such a reading with a wink and a nudge. A masterwork of persona, All in One Breath is actually many breaths: the reconstructed Charles McCaffery, the retired, laconic professor Kelly, the lost Uncle Orville and others. At the center is an unstoppable wit and erudition, masked by an exacting, deceptively effortless use of language, of sound and sense. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780967527345
SKU
V9780967527345
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About Harry C. Staley
Harry C. Staley is professor emeritus at State University of New York at Albany. He is the author of a previous collection of poetry, The Lives of the Shell-Shocked Chaplain.
Reviews for All in One Breath
These are poems of verve and substance. Staley's language astonishes in its range, and in the density of its meaning. This is wonderful poetry." - William Kennedy, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed and Roscoe