A Frieze for a Temple of Love
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574230670 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Depressed, Dogged--but Low-Key Determined After All "Poor Edward Field." Well, at least to hear HIM tell it. "I'm gay, a Jew, and a leftyI feel oppressed on several counts." Plus he's depressed--been so, clinically, lifelong except for a short sunny interlude years ago. And now, he's older, too.And all this shows in his work, his poems? But short of spoiling them? The book offers Depressed, Dogged--but Low-Key Determined After All Infovoyeur "Poor Edward Field." Well, at least to hear HIM tell it. "I'm gay, a Jew, and a leftyI feel oppressed on several counts." Plus he's depressed--been so, clinically, lifelong except for a short sunny interlude years ago. And now, he's older, too.And all this shows in his work, his poems? But short of spoiling them? The book offers 40 poems. Subjects include father, politics, Paris, movies, the male member and its long-standing friends, and etc. Their tone often seems only half-affirmative, often more-than-half-resigned. (But he is direct and honest, even if dogged and dour!) And their language seems (to me). 0 poems. Subjects include father, politics, Paris, movies, the male member and its long-standing friends, and etc. Their tone often seems only half-affirmative, often more-than-half-resigned. (But he is direct and honest, even if dogged and dour!) And their language seems (to me)
The Age Of Aids And God Created Mice At The Gates Of Heaven At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art The Book Of My Life The Bukowski Option Cannibal Beach Colombian Joke Colossus Come Back, Miss Moffo, We Love You Couples Syndrome Death Mask Decrypting The Message Epitaph Epitaph For No Grave French Lesson: Hotel D'europe Getting To Know You Glory Holes For Larry How To Speak Dutch The Joy Of Cooking Killjoy Living Will The Magic Mountain Magic Words Magical Movie Moments: Bahamas A Man And His Penis Mornng Service My Sister, The Queen On His Posture Opera Queens The Safety Silver Wings The Spirit Of '76 St. Petersburg, 1918 To My Country The Trouble With Strangers Under The Night Sky, Turning Vallejo In Paris When I Was A Dog Zlatya's
Coming on the heels of the very well received Counting Myself Lucky: Selected Poems 1963-1992, this new book of poems confirms Edward Field's reputation of one of our finest poets in the discursive narrative tradition. To be a successful poet today you have to be very sophisticated, smooth, unassailable self-referential."Ed Field's poetry remains always referential to a world rather than to himself. It has to do with poetry as magic, the magic of words."I still believe it's a kind of magic.". And that world is a very real one."When I started writing," he recalled, "I wanted my poetry to save the world . Field, a native New Yorker and longtime gay activist, writes poetry that is literate, immediate, funny and completely personal. There is no democracy of standards in poetry . These unforgettable poems are small essays on the human condition spoken by a trusted friend.Among the surprise pleasures of Field's Frieze is "The Poetry File," a long sequence of prose ruminations on the American poetry scene in our time. At once gossipy, dishy, knowlegeable, witty, eloquent, this "insider" account names names without batting an eye: "Of course, poetry really has an inner elite