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Velocity by Nancy Krygowski (2007, Paperback) University of Pittsburgh Press
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very clean unmarked copy with no dog eared pages. Light external wear.”
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Poetry
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780822959779
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10
0822959771
ISBN-13
9780822959779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60656011
Product Key Features
Book Title
Velocity
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
General, American / General
Genre
Poetry
Book Series
Pitt Poetry Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
4.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-281491
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"In a literary atmosphere where poetry book prizes proliferate and mediocrity dominates, Krygowsi's first volume . . . is a a delight--which does not mean it's easy, or even pleasurable, to read. Instead, this is superbly crafted tragedy that stops short of melodrama or self-pity." --Library Journal, " Poignant may be too clean a word for the fierce grace and honesty of Nancy Krygowski's "Velocity," In elegies and meditations on the textures of loss, love and daily-hood, she writes poems of unpretentious risk and mystery. A line like: 'See I'm alive. Tell me I'm alive.' reflects her gift for balancing question and assertion; wonder and recognition in the same lyrical breath. This is a debut of uncommon maturity and depth." --Terrance Hayes, "In a literary atmosphere where poetry book prizes proliferate and mediocrity dominates, Krygowsi's first volume . . . is a a delight--which does not mean it's easy, or even pleasurable, to read. Instead, this is superbly crafted tragedy that stops short of melodrama or self-pity." --Library Journal, "These are courageous poems. The music, the language, which I love, is based on a terrific sense of things, and I don't know if it is the music or the knowledge which I most admire. This is a wide-eyed, assertive, wild, well-read, street-smart, edgy, loving, suffering, heaven-crazed poet. It's a joy to find her." --Gerald Stern, "In a literary atmosphere where poetry book prizes proliferate and mediocrity dominates, Krygowsi's first volume . . . is a a delight--which does not mean it's easy, or even pleasurable, to read. Instead, this is superbly crafted tragedy that stops short of melodrama or self-pity." "--Library Journal ", "In a literary atmosphere where poetry book prizes proliferate and mediocrity dominates, Krygowsi's first volume . . . is a a delight-which does not mean it's easy, or even pleasurable, to read. Instead, this is superbly crafted tragedy that stops short of melodrama or self-pity." --Library Journal, "Most impressive is the way in which Krygowski evokes life's complexity and hard lessons. . . . In 'Velocity', a poet facing harsh realities proves wonderfully articulate." --Bill O'Driscoll, "Pittsburgh City Paper", "[A] hauntingly gorgeous collection of poems. Go order this book now. Here's a poet for whom craft and voice come together in powerful and stunning ways." --The Cafe Review, "Deceptively plainspoken, Nancy Krygowski arrives as one of the most high-spirited, uncompromising, and compelling voices we've heard in a long time. In poems that range across all subjects--from Vaseline to galaxies, new panties to doom--this poet's sensibility gives music to it all.Velocityis all the things its title suggests--fast and forceful--but you will return to these poems again and again for the surprising, careful things they have to say about this world and ourselves in it." --Laura Kasischke, " Deceptively plainspoken, Nancy Krygowski arrives as one of the most high-spirited, uncompromising, and compelling voices we've heard in a long time. In poems that range across all subjects--from Vaseline to galaxies, new panties to doom--this poet's sensibility gives music to it all. "Velocity" is all the things its title suggests--fast and forceful--but you will return to these poems again and again for the surprising, careful things they have to say about this world and ourselves in it." --Laura Kasischke, "A beautiful, unpretentious collection of deeply felt and finely made poems. . . . They feel less made than felt, and have a spontaneous sincerity and singularity--not of style, but of point-of-view--that is amazingly rare in contemporary poetry." --Rain Taxi, "These are courageous poems. The music, the language, which I love, is based on a terrific sense of things, and I don't know if it is the music or the knowledge which I most admire. This is a wide-eyed, assertive, wild, well-read, street-smart, edgy, loving, suffering, heaven-crazed poet. It's a joy to find her." --Gerald Stern, "Deceptively plainspoken, Nancy Krygowski arrives as one of the most high-spirited, uncompromising, and compelling voices we've heard in a long time. In poems that range across all subjects--from Vaseline to galaxies, new panties to doom--this poet's sensibility gives music to it all. "Velocity" is all the things its title suggests--fast and forceful--but you will return to these poems again and again for the surprising, careful things they have to say about this world and ourselves in it." --Laura Kasischke, "Poignant may be too clean a word for the fierce grace and honesty of Nancy Krygowski'sVelocity. In elegies and meditations on the textures of loss, love and daily-hood, she writes poems of unpretentious risk and mystery. A line like: 'See I'm alive. Tell me I'm alive.' reflects her gift for balancing question and assertion; wonder and recognition in the same lyrical breath. This is a debut of uncommon maturity and depth." --Terrance Hayes, "Most impressive is the way in which Krygowski evokes life's complexity and hard lessons. . . . In 'Velocity', a poet facing harsh realities proves wonderfully articulate." -Bill O'Driscoll,Pittsburgh City Paper, " These are courageous poems. The music, the language, which I love, is based on a terrific sense of things, and I don't know if it is the music or the knowledge which I most admire. This is a wide-eyed, assertive, wild, well-read, street-smart, edgy, loving, suffering, heaven-crazed poet. It's a joy to find her." --Gerald Stern
Dewey Decimal
811/.6
Synopsis
Velocity time travels through memory and conjecture, yet Krygowski's poems--often sad, sometimes humorous, always generous--return us continually to the beautiful and difficult here-and-now. Lovingly grounded in the ordinary, these are thinking poems--tightly crafted, accessible inquiries more interested in exploring stark and complicated knowledge than in proclaiming it. The poems, which use a sister's death as a touchstone, dwell in the overlap of emotions. Loss touches happiness, desire touches fear, love touches futile knowing. Krygowski's unstoppable energy for seeking and revealing disparate thoughts and emotions makes the collection wholly human. This fresh, surprising voice speaks for the intelligent heart in each of us., Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Krygowski's poems--often sad, sometimes humorous, always generous--are lovingly grounded in the ordinary. They are thinking poems--tightly crafted, accessible inquiries more interested in exploring stark and complicated knowledge than in proclaiming it., Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeKrygowski's poems--often sad, sometimes humorous, always generous--are lovingly grounded in the ordinary. They are thinking poems--tightly crafted, accessible inquiries more interested in exploring stark and complicated knowledge than in proclaiming it.
LC Classification Number
PS3611.R915V45 2007
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