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Grace (Pitt Poetry Series)
John Hodgen
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Description for Grace (Pitt Poetry Series)
Paperback. Presents a book of poetry by a poet of extreme contrasts, offering us the dregs of despair, yet instantly recalling hope in the beauty of nature or in a moment in time when all is right, when we realize grace. The poems roam through religion, man-made disasters, baseball, pop culture, and paths that come full circle with maturity, and dexterity. Series: Pitt Poetry Series. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Winner of the 2005 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry.
Grace is John Hodgen’s third book of poetry. He is a poet of extreme contrasts, offering us the dregs of despair, yet instantly recalling hope in the beauty of nature or in a moment in time when all is right, when we realize grace. In “For the Leapers” the narrator relates, “We will fall past the angels, / we will fall from such height, / our tears will lift up from our eyes. / We will fall straight through hell. / And then we will rise.” Hodgen’s poems roam through ... Read more
Winner of the 2005 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry.
Grace is John Hodgen’s third book of poetry. He is a poet of extreme contrasts, offering us the dregs of despair, yet instantly recalling hope in the beauty of nature or in a moment in time when all is right, when we realize grace. In “For the Leapers” the narrator relates, “We will fall past the angels, / we will fall from such height, / our tears will lift up from our eyes. / We will fall straight through hell. / And then we will rise.” Hodgen’s poems roam through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pitt Poetry Series
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822959328
SKU
V9780822959328
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About John Hodgen
John Hodgen is visiting assistant professor of English at Assumption College. He is the author of three previous books of poetry: In My Father's House, winner of the Bluestem Award; Bread Without Sorrow, winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize; and Grace, win
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