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This is Frank Bidart's first book of lyrics--his first book not dominated by long poems. Narrative elaboration becomes speed and song. Less embattled than earlier work, less actively violent, these new poems have, by conceding time's finalities and triumphs, acquired a dark radiance unlike anything seen before in Bidart's long career. Mortality--imminent, not theoretical--forces the self to question the relation between the actual life lived and what ... more

     

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 72 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (Mar. 31st, 2009)
      • ISBN-10: 0374531722
      • ISBN-13: 9780374531720
      • Dimensions: 5.46 x 8.30 x 0.22 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.22 lbs
      • Categories: General American Poetry

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