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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781574415544
- Book Title
- In the Permanent Collection
- Book Series
- Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry Ser.
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 4.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 80 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
ISBN-10
1574415549
ISBN-13
9781574415544
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177429044
Product Key Features
Book Title
In the Permanent Collection
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Poetry
Book Series
Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
4.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-047884
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
21
Dewey Decimal
811.6
Synopsis
Trying to make sense of a disordered world, Stefanie Wortman's debut collection examines works of art as varied as casts of antique sculpture, 19th-century novels, and even scenes from reality television to investigate the versions of order that they offer. These deft poems yield moments of surprising levity even as they mount a sharp critique of human folly. "Intensity of heart, intensity of mind, flowering as one: Stefanie Wortman's poems redeem 'wit' back to its root meaning of 'insight' or 'vision, ' the same root as the Sanskrit 'veda.' For example: the resonance of 'shades' when the words 'blind king' on a truck mean not Lear but 'installer of shades.' Or, a dance of death where the words 'trips' and 'plays' have doubled, heartbreaking and celebratory meanings. In the Permanent Collection merits its title." -Robert Pinsky, author of Gulf Music and 1997-2000 Poet Laureate "These poems seem haunted by a mostly nameless melancholia. In The Permanent Collection, however, turns its grim geography of prisons, mortuaries, and tawdry suburbs into something close to classical elegy. 'In sunken rooms, ' Wortman writes, 'on scratchy rugs, maybe we've never known happiness.' It's that 'maybe'-the smart hedge-that renders her poems complex, often beguiling, but never without a gesture of redemption. This should be part of any serious poet's permanent collection." -Chad Davidson, author of The Last Predicta and judge "In this gorgeous, self-possessed book, Stefanie Wortman doses out pleasure and pain in perfect measure, her symphonic formal skills setting us up for unexpected heartbreak. Wortman's poems, look for redemption in and as art-and as such console even as they seek out consolation themselves. They are spirited and haunted, intimate and estranged. In the Permanent Collection is a first book by a poet who has already hit her stride." -Gabriel Fried, author of Making the New Lamb Take STEFANIE WORTMAN was born in Kansas City. She earned an MA from Boston University and a PhD from the University of Missouri. Her poems and essays have appeared in the Yale Review, Antioch Review, Boston Review, Southwest Review, and other publications. She currently lives in Rhode Island., Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2013. Trying to make sense of a disordered world, Stefanie Wortman's debut collection examines works of art as varied as casts of antique sculpture, 19th-century novels, and even scenes from reality television to investigate the versions of order that they offer. These deft poems yield moments of surprising levity even as they mount a sharp critique of human folly. "These poems seem haunted by a mostly nameless melancholia. In The Permanent Collection , however, turns its grim geography of prisons, mortuaries, and tawdry suburbs into something close to classical elegy. 'In sunken rooms, ' Wortman writes, 'on scratchy rugs, maybe we've never known happiness.' It's that 'maybe'--the smart hedge--that renders her poems complex, often beguiling, but never without a gesture of redemption. This should be part of any serious poet's permanent collection."--Chad Davidson, author, The Last Predicta and judge From "Long Occupation" I was na ve of foreign affairs in the Four Seasons bar when a Swiss knife maker assured me of the coming war. . ., Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2013. Trying to make sense of a disordered world, Stefanie Wortman's debut collection examines works of art as varied as casts of antique sculpture, 19th-century novels, and even scenes from reality television to investigate the versions of order that they offer. These deft poems yield moments of surprising levity even as they mount a sharp critique of human folly. "These poems seem haunted by a mostly nameless melancholia. In The Permanent Collection , however, turns its grim geography of prisons, mortuaries, and tawdry suburbs into something close to classical elegy. 'In sunken rooms,' Wortman writes, 'on scratchy rugs, maybe we've never known happiness.' It's that 'maybe'--the smart hedge--that renders her poems complex, often beguiling, but never without a gesture of redemption. This should be part of any serious poet's permanent collection."--Chad Davidson, author, The Last Predicta and judge From "Long Occupation" I was naïve of foreign affairs in the Four Seasons bar when a Swiss knife maker assured me of the coming war. . .
LC Classification Number
PS3623.O782I5 2014
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