| Horror Vacui: Poems Contributor(s): Heise, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1932511326 ISBN-13: 9781932511321 Publisher: Sarabande Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2006 Annotation: "These are ambitious, moving poems, deft, panged, and stunning."-Dean Young "Existential chilliness, mourning, and dread find a uniquely compelling voice in Thomas Heise's poetry. . . ."-Alan Williamson ""Horror Vacui" offers an often vertiginous account of how death imposes [an] irresistible fact on minds bent on both accommodating and resisting this one inevitable yet impossible truth. . . . And it's this property of being barely held together that makes "Horror Vacui" so striking. . . . an extraordinary mood piece."-Ray McDaniel In his haunting debut collection "Horror Vacui," Thomas Heise explores the fear of empty space, a mysterious and abiding absence that is a pronounced presence in this poet's lyrical voice. Thomas Heise holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of California at Davis and a PhD from New York University. Currently he teaches at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2005014993 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (0.36 lbs) 88 pages |
| Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/13/2006 pg. 43 Library Journal 08/15/2006 pg. 90 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "These are ambitious, moving poems, deft, panged, and stunning."--Dean Young "Existential chilliness, mourning, and dread find a uniquely compelling voice in Thomas Heise's poetry. . . ."--Alan Williamson Horror Vacui offers an often vertiginous account of how death imposes an] irresistible fact on minds bent on both accommodating and resisting this one inevitable yet impossible truth. . . . And it's this property of being barely held together that makes Horror Vacui so striking. . . . an extraordinary mood piece.--Ray McDaniel In his haunting debut collection Horror Vacui, Thomas Heise explores the fear of empty space, a mysterious and abiding absence that is a pronounced presence in this poet's lyrical voice. |
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