Description: This, Ruefle's sixth collection of poems, elegantly delves into the mysterious. Ruefle is a former recipient of a Whiting Award. Much of the collection is spoken through monologues by people with unusual pasts.
Synopsis This, Ruefle's sixth collection of poems, elegantly delves into the mysterious. Ruefle is a former recipient of a Whiting Award. Much of the collection is spoken through monologues by people with unusual pasts.
Details
Publication Date:
2000-02-01
Size
Height:
9.0 in
Width:
6.0 in
Thickness:
0.2 in
Weight:
9.6 oz
Industry Reviews "Like John Ashbery and James Tate, Mary Ruefle investigates the multiplicities and frailties of being with an associative inventiveness and a lightness of touch; the purposefulness of her enquiry never eclipses the remarkable beauty of her work. " Boston Review
"Ruefle takes us beyond the hedge and beyond the earth, debunking many of our most reliable ways of coping with the anxiety of existence then she leaves us there to fend for ourselves. This gesture can be both exhilarating and maddening. If nothing else, it intensifies us." Harvard Review - S. J. Valentine