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An Explanation of America
Robert Pinsky
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Description for An Explanation of America
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
From An Explanation of America: LAIR Robert Pinsky Inexhaustible, delicate, as if Without source or medium, daylight Undoes the mind; the infinite, Empty actual is too bright, Scattering to where the road Whispers, through a mile of woods ...Later, how quiet the house is: Dusk-like and refined, The sweet Phoebe-note Piercing from the trees; The calm globe of the morning, Things to read or to write Ranged on a table; the brain A dark, stubborn current that breathes Blood, a deaf wadding, The hands feeding it paper And ... Read more
From An Explanation of America: LAIR Robert Pinsky Inexhaustible, delicate, as if Without source or medium, daylight Undoes the mind; the infinite, Empty actual is too bright, Scattering to where the road Whispers, through a mile of woods ...Later, how quiet the house is: Dusk-like and refined, The sweet Phoebe-note Piercing from the trees; The calm globe of the morning, Things to read or to write Ranged on a table; the brain A dark, stubborn current that breathes Blood, a deaf wadding, The hands feeding it paper And ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691013602
SKU
V9780691013602
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Reviews for An Explanation of America
"[An] ambitious and immensely likable long poem ... a poem which
a rare thing
seems to combine intimacy and authority."
The New York Times Book Review "Wise and compassionate... It is one of the most readable long poems in recent memory, graspable by all."
Kenneth Funsten, The Los Angeles Times "I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to ... Read more
a rare thing
seems to combine intimacy and authority."
The New York Times Book Review "Wise and compassionate... It is one of the most readable long poems in recent memory, graspable by all."
Kenneth Funsten, The Los Angeles Times "I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to ... Read more