DEAN YOUNG
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1999
Published
by: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 112
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wrbp3
Book Description:
Finalist forForeWord Magazine1999 Poetry Book of the YearWith rapid shifts between subject and tone, sometimes within single poems, Dean Young's latest book explores the kaleidoscopic welter of art and life. Here parody does not exclude thecri de coeurany more than seriousness excludes the joke. With surrealist volatility, these poems are the result of experiments that continue for the reader during each reading. Young moves from reworkings of creation myths, the index of theNorton Anthology of Poetry, pseudo reports and memos, collaged biographies, talking clouds, and worms, to memory, mourning, sexual playfulness, and deep sadness in the course of this turbulent book.
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7936-4
Subjects: Language & Literature