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Description for Grace Notes
Paperback. With this her fourth book of poems, Rita Dove expands her role as a leading voice in contemporary American letters. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
The title of the collection serves as an umbrella for the intimate concerns expressed in the forty-eight poems; in music, grace notes are those added to the basic melody, the embellishments that—if played or sung at the right moment with just the right touch—can break your heart.
Isn't this what every lyric poem wishes to be, the poet asks as she explored autobiographical events, most from childhood and the cusp of adolescence, and then turns to the shadowy areas of regret and memory. The word as talisman is another of her concerns, and finally, in the section ... Read more
The title of the collection serves as an umbrella for the intimate concerns expressed in the forty-eight poems; in music, grace notes are those added to the basic melody, the embellishments that—if played or sung at the right moment with just the right touch—can break your heart.
Isn't this what every lyric poem wishes to be, the poet asks as she explored autobiographical events, most from childhood and the cusp of adolescence, and then turns to the shadowy areas of regret and memory. The word as talisman is another of her concerns, and finally, in the section ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
90
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393306965
SKU
V9780393306965
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Rita Dove
Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U. S. Poet Laureate, is the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. Her recent works include Playlist for the Apocalypse, Sonata Mulattica, and the National Book Award-shortlisted Collected Poems: 1974-2004. In 2021 she was awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy ... Read more
Reviews for Grace Notes
"What will impress readers most about Grace Notes is [Dove's] craftsmanship, the richness of her imagery, the delicacy and sureness of her ear. She is moving steadily toward an absolute mastery of her art."