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by: Lorenzo Thomas
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780912652771
ISBN: 0912652772
Label: Blue Wind Press
Manufacturer: Blue Wind Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2003-05
Publisher: Blue Wind Press
Sales Rank: 2051261
Studio: Blue Wind Press
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Product Description:
The first comprehensive book of Lorenzo Thomas's work. Chances Are Few included prose works, poetry, and Thomas's English versions of work by Roberto McKay, Dukardo Hinestrosa, and Leon Damas. Gwendolyn Brooks says of this book: 'This is a striking collection, notable for wit, technical skill, and steady energy.' Stephen Stepanchev, author of American Poetry Since 1945 says: 'Fresh, individual, and alive. It coheres in its theme, in its concern with the counterpoint between desperate American lives and the fantasy world of TV and the movies. It is an excellent book.'
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Rating: - Instructions for Your New Osiris From Chances Are Few
Thomas' poem reflects a conversational and honest tone which is notably his hallmark. "Instructions for Your New Osiris" is a great example of skillful writing about a very personal experience. This denouncement of a once loving muse also conjures the ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris; a tale where the protagonist's physical vessel is captured, transformed, erected, and shattered because of his brother Typhon's jealousy. A clever conceit future suitors of the poem's 'Isis' may want to carefully consider. ... Read More
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