Books : The Dumbbell Nebula (The California Poetry Series) (California Poetry Series, V. 3)
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by: Steve Kowit
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780966669121
ISBN: 0966669126
Label: Roundhouse Press
Manufacturer: Roundhouse Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 79
Publication Date: October 15, 1999
Publisher: Roundhouse Press
Sales Rank: 1669820
Studio: Roundhouse Press
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Product Description:
The third title in the California Poetry Series. Whether describing the Devil reciting poetry in Hell, the fate of uprooted mice, or a last encounter with a doomed friend, Steve Kowits poetry has chosen, in the manner of certain Sufi tales, a disarmingly earthy presence. Rhapsodic and hilarious by turns, this poetry is as engaging and accessible as vivid prose.
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Rating:  - A Stand-Out in the Stand-Up School
As one who reads scores of poetry books and thousands of poems each year, I emerged from THE DUMBBELL NEBULA feeling like a fume-filled veteran who'd finally found fresh air. The book is a clear, accessible compilation of rollicking visions, rocabilly rhythms, resonant revelations, and arrresting images-- all carved with compassionate power.
Rating:  - Kowit is No Dumbbell
Kowit is impressive in this collection, a nice blending of humor and narrative voice in these free-ranging poems. Unpretentious, clear, moving, these poems are a joy to read and they serve as an antidote to the pseudo-philosophical goop that passes as poetry these days (see any recent issue of APR). Buy it if you like Koertge, Collins, Webb, Locklin--the West Coast "Stand-Up" school is alive and well.
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