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by: Larry Levis
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780822953685
ISBN: 0822953684
Label: University of Pittsburgh Press
Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 104
Publication Date: March 31, 1985
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Sales Rank: 402230
Studio: University of Pittsburgh Press
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Rating: - GREAT book, and I don't even like poetry.
I was really shocked to find out what a talented author Levis was. He's really a HUGE talent, even if you really don't care for poetry.
Rating: - Constellations
Levis has a way of writing about himself but connecting to the reader, and is an extremely gifted poet. The poems are devastatingly surprising, the language fresh, the imagery sharp. In `Poet at 17' Levis captures well the energetic recklessness and immortal feeling of youth, and juxtaposes it in perfect contrast to the fearful stasis of adulthood. I notice by the second poem the idiosyncratic use of & for and. I didn't notice it at first, so he employs it naturally and stamps himself into ... Read More
Rating: - The beauty of Winter Stars is astounding
In Winter Stars, Larry Levis covers death, relationships and his life with a poetic power that is rarely found in modern poetry. These poems include reflections on the poet's childhood, elegies to his father, and observations on the human condition. But the most powerful poems deal with male/female relationships, especially those which have become strained or have ended. Among the relationship poems are "After the Blue Note Closes" and "My Story in a Late Style of Fire." The ... Read More
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