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by: J Allyn Rosser
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780809323838
ISBN: 0809323834
Label: Southern Illinois University Press
Manufacturer: Southern Illinois University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: April 09, 2001
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Sales Rank: 1541641
Studio: Southern Illinois University Press
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In her second collection of poems, J. Allyn Rosser explores the human condition in all its gloriously valiant pathos. Misery Prefigured dwells on our continual reinventions of self and world and the restless dynamic that vibrates between them.Whether contemplating a failed marriage, a visit from God, or a pearl dropped into a bottle of Prell shampoo, Rosser's wry yet impassioned eye looks hard for a habitable and abiding truth. Alternating between deadpan and dead serious, these poems are often darkly funny, exposing the contradictions inherent in every desire. Misery Prefigured is fueled by a cocky, unsentimental determination to make some consolatory sense of what passes for reality.
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Rating:  - Some Strong Work
I am a big believer in poetry. Even those of us considered readers do not do enough reading of what is current in poetry. When I come across a poem in a magazine that really moves me, I try to find a book of that author's poetry and read it. In an issue of Poetry magazine awhile back I read a poem by J. Allyn Rosser called "Meeting on the Street" which I think is fantastic. That lead me to this book.
There is much to like in this book. I found a number of the poems-- "Square Dance, ... Read More
Rating:  - Musical, intelligent
In this collection of poems, Rosser displays marvelous mastery of form along with an intelligent, thoroughly authentic voice. Unlike many poets whose forays into rhyme and meter end up stuffy, hollow and nostalgic, these poems feel alive--because they come from a deeper place. They also reflect the substance of the poet's life without sloppy self-absorption. If you want confessional angst or self-consciously clever word games, look elsewhere. If you're looking for depth, originality and incisive wit, ... Read More
Rating:  - Misery Indeed
Deeply awful poetry. Another example, if another were needed, of what a good education can do to a woman.
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