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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780399155116
ISBN: 0399155112
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: April 10, 2008
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Studio: Putnam Adult
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Cornelius Eadys new poems show him in full control of his considerable talents and displaying a rich maturity as he enters midlife. His poems are sly, unsentimental, and witty, full of truths that are intimate and profound.
Hardheaded Weather ranges widely, reflecting the newfound responsibilities Eady has assumed as he transitions from urban renter to nonplussed rural homeowner, as well as the sobering influence of war and the intimation of his own mortality. Yet even at his angriest, the poet has always had a depth of compassion rare in our polarized age, with a sense of humor that is both sophisticated and demotic. These poems will resonate deeply.
As exciting as the new poems are, his selected earlier poems dazzle, too, as they demonstrate the arc of Cornelius Eadys maturation and the originality of his voice. Taken together, Hardheaded Weather forms a movingand sometimes searing testament to the power of poetry.
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If you're not familiar with Eady's work, this book is a great introduction, as it collects poems from several of his previous books (plus a section of new poems). The real standouts here are from his book Brutal Imagination, which is a series of poems in the voice of a black man who Susan Smith invented to blame for the disappearance of her two children (when in fact she had drowned them in her car). Like several of Eady's poems collected in the book ("Why Do So Few Black Study Creative Writing?" ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780399155116
ISBN: 0399155112
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: April 10, 2008
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Studio: Putnam Adult