Shells Contributor(s): Arnold, Craig (Author), Merwin, W. S. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0300079109 ISBN-13: 9780300079104 Publisher: Yale University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 1999 Annotation: Winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Craig Arnold's Shells was acclaimed as "a gifted collection of daring writing" by the contest judge, the distinguished poet W. S. Merwin. The book is an intriguing set of variations on the theme of identity. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures. "Friendships based on food," Arnold writes, "are rarely stable"--this book is full of wildly unstable and bewitching friendships and other significant relations. Click for more in this series: Yale Series of Younger Poets |
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BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 98-31256 |
Series: Yale Series of Younger Poets |
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.32" W x 9.24" L (0.31 lbs) 102 pages |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/29/1999 pg. 99 Booklist 03/15/1999 Library Journal 05/01/1999 |
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Publisher Description: This year's winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition is Craig Arnold's Shells, which was acclaimed as "a gifted collection of daring writing" by the contest judge, the distinguished poet W. S. Merwin. The book is an intriguing set of variations on the theme of identity. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures. "Friendships based on food," Arnold writes, "are rarely stable"--this book is full of wildly unstable and bewitching friendships and other significant relations. |
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