Imperfect Thirst by Galway Kinnell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Imperfect Thirst by Galway Kinnell Galway Kinnell's twelfth collection of poems, Imperfect Thirst, is powerful and thrilling, beautifully crafted and astonishingly candid. In it, Kinnell approaches elemental subjects with a remarkable balance of good nature and holy dread. It includes re-visions of moments of childhood and youth; reflections on the relationship between humans and the other creatures; poems bearing on music, language, sex, mortality; five poems based on the form of the Persian ghazal; love poems; and a tender evocation of a daughter taking care of her old father. Five longer poems close the book: a meditation on the lasting reverberations of childhood trauma; a lively ode to excrement; a disquisition on flies which weaves together the observations of thirteen other poets; a looking back at the past and a child's looking forward; and an elegy for a beloved sister. Imperfect Thirst is a bold, exact, passionate book from a poet at the height of his powers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Galway Kinnells twelfth book of poems is powerful and thrilling.Imperfect Thirst includes beautiful love poems and approaches elemental subjects with a remarkable balance of good nature and holy dread: recollections of childhood, snapshots of impassive cruelty, reflections on art and nature.This energetic collection will prove once again why Galway Kinnell is one of Americas masters of the art. Author Biography GALWAY KINNELL (1927-2014) was a MacArthur Fellow and state poet of Vermont. In 1982 his Selected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. For many years he was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University, as well as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. For thirty-five years--from The Book of Nightmares to Mortal Acts and, most recently, Strong Is Your Hold--Galway Kinnell enriched American poetry, not only with his poems but also with his teaching and powerful public readings. Details ISBN039575528X Author Galway Kinnell Language English ISBN-10 039575528X ISBN-13 9780395755280 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811.54 Year 1996 Imprint Houghton Mifflin Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States Edition Description None Short Title IMPERFECT THIRST Residence US Birth 1927 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780395755280 AU Release Date 1996-08-30 NZ Release Date 1996-08-30 UK Release Date 1996-08-30 Pages 81 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Audience Undergraduate Publication Date 1996-08-30 US Release Date 1996-08-30 Imprint US Ecco Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159383867;

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