American ghost roses : poems /
In his first book as the poet laureate of Illinois, Kevin Stein shoulders an array of poetic forms, blending pathos, humor, and social commentary. These poems--ranging from meditative narratives to improvisational lyrics--explore art's capacity to embody as well as express contemporary culture....
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Illinois poetry series.
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| Summary: | In his first book as the poet laureate of Illinois, Kevin Stein shoulders an array of poetic forms, blending pathos, humor, and social commentary. These poems--ranging from meditative narratives to improvisational lyrics--explore art's capacity to embody as well as express contemporary culture. Stein embraces subjects as various as his father's death, magazine sex surveys, Kandinsky's theory of art, the dangling modifier, Jimi Hendrix's flaming guitar, racial bigotry, and a teacher's comments on a botched poem. Presiding over this miscellany are ghosts of a peculiarly American garden of dreamers and beloved misfits, those redeemed and those left fingering the locked gate._x000B__x000B__x000B__x000B__x000B__x000B__x000B__x000B_ |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780252092565 0252092562 128360910X 9781283609104 9780252072406 0252072405 9786613921550 6613921556 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |