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To and from
Contributor(s): Patterson, G. E. (Author)

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ISBN: 0916272990     ISBN-13: 9780916272999
Publisher: Ahsahta Press
OUR PRICE: $15.75  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
Dewey: 811.54
LCCN: 2007018596
Series: New
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 7.9" L (0.35 lbs) 96 pages
 
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Poetry. African American Studies. Quilting, quoting, and sampling, Patterson sets a flux of impression, emotion, and articulation into vertiginous blank-verse sonnets. The intention of these fine poems is to be found in the title TO AND FROM. Each poem is surrounded by an arcana of words (mostly commonplace) gleaned from other poets' poems, words that when strung together slide into the poem by Patterson himself. His poems are addressed to a mercurial, form-changing You. The result is paradoxically impersonal, transcending individual and place. One line captures the whole process: 'That loss you know might become anyone.'--Fanny Howe.

Contributor Bio(s): Patterson, G. E.: - Poet, critic, and translator G. E. Patterson grew up along the Mississippi River and was educated in the mid-South, the Midwest, the Northeast, and the western United States. His collections of poetry include To and From (Ahsahta Press, 2008), and his first book, Tug (1999), won the Minnesota Book Award. Patterson's awards include fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Cave Canem, the Djerassi Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. After living in the Northeast and on the West Coast, he now makes his home in Minnesota, where he teaches.
 
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