The Book of Men: Poems The Book of Men: Poems

The Book of Men: Poems

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Publisher Description

"Laux writes gritty, tough, lyrical poems that depict the actual nature of life in the West today."—Philip Levine

The narrative poems in Dorianne Laux's fifth collection charge through the summer of love, where Vietnam casts a long shadow, and into the present day, where she compassionately paints the smoky bars, graffiti, and addiction of urban life. Laux is "continually engaging and, at her best, luminous" (San Diego Union-Tribune).


from "To Kiss Frank,"
     make out with him a bit, this

     is what my friend would like to do

     oh these too many dead summers later,

     and as much as I want to stroll with her

     into the poet's hazy fancy

     all I can see is O'Hara's long gone lips

     fallen free of the bone, slumbering

     beneath the grainy soil.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2011
February 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
96
Pages
PUBLISHER
W. W. Norton & Company
SELLER
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
SIZE
631.8
KB

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