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10 Moons And 13 Horses: Poems (Western Literature Series)
Gary Short
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Description for 10 Moons And 13 Horses: Poems (Western Literature Series)
Paperback. Poetry that recognises a powerful correspondence between beauty and violence in Nevada's harsh desert landscape. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
Gary Short's new collection is the work of a mature poet at the peak of his powers, confident of his ability to move us without histrionics, to speak of human betrayal and the fragility of all life without bitterness or cheap sentiment, to find poignancy and beauty in loss and exaltation in the outwardly mundane. His voice is lyrical, tough, honest, and capable of touching us profoundly. Short knows Nevada's austere and daunting landscape, its ephemeral beauty, and its stoic people as few writers in any genre do. He also understands the complexities of the human soul and the contradictions ... Read more
Gary Short's new collection is the work of a mature poet at the peak of his powers, confident of his ability to move us without histrionics, to speak of human betrayal and the fragility of all life without bitterness or cheap sentiment, to find poignancy and beauty in loss and exaltation in the outwardly mundane. His voice is lyrical, tough, honest, and capable of touching us profoundly. Short knows Nevada's austere and daunting landscape, its ephemeral beauty, and its stoic people as few writers in any genre do. He also understands the complexities of the human soul and the contradictions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874175837
SKU
V9780874175837
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About Gary Short
Gary Short is the author of Theory of Twiligh and Flying Over Sonny Liston, the latter winning the Western States Book Award for Poetry in 1996. He has been a writing fellow at the Fine Arts Work Centre in Provincetown and a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Short has taught at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and at Old Dominion University ... Read more
Reviews for 10 Moons And 13 Horses: Poems (Western Literature Series)
"This is a gorgeously made book- an American pastoral. the observations are keen- at times beautiful, at times severe, but drawn with the qualities of heart and intimacy we've come to associate with the poetry of Gary Short." Norman Dubie