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I Was the Jukebox: Poems
Sandra Beasley
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Description for I Was the Jukebox: Poems
Paperback. "[Beasley's] lightness works best when it dapples her darkness-and when her darkness, as it often does, feels truly deep."-Abigail Deutsch, Poetry Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
The winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize—“These poems are fresh, crisp, and muscular. They are decisive and fearless. Every object, icon, or historical moment has a soul with a voice. In these poems these soulful ones elbow their way to the surface of the page, smartly into the contemporary now.”—Joy Harjo, prize citation
from “The Piano Speaks”
For an hour I forgot my fat self,
my neurotic innards, my addiction to alignment.
For an hour I forgot my fear of rain.
For an hour I was a salamander
shimmying through ... Read more Show Less
The winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize—“These poems are fresh, crisp, and muscular. They are decisive and fearless. Every object, icon, or historical moment has a soul with a voice. In these poems these soulful ones elbow their way to the surface of the page, smartly into the contemporary now.”—Joy Harjo, prize citation
from “The Piano Speaks”
For an hour I forgot my fat self,
my neurotic innards, my addiction to alignment.
For an hour I forgot my fear of rain.
For an hour I was a salamander
shimmying through ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
92
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393339666
SKU
V9780393339666
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Ref
99-18
About Sandra Beasley
Sandra Beasley is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment of Arts and the author of three previous poetry collections, including the Barnard Women Poets Prize–winning I Was the Jukebox. She lives in Washington, DC.
Reviews for I Was the Jukebox: Poems
"Succeeds (to a tremendous level) at creating fascinating slices of reality and interesting characters."
Adam Palumbo
Adam Palumbo