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PublisherParkhurst Brothers, Incorporated, Publishers

ISBN-10193516600X

ISBN-139781935166009

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038737230

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Book TitleAesthetic Astronaut : Sonnets by Roger Armbrust

Number of Pages142 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicAmerican / African American, Mysticism, General

GenreLiterary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, Poetry

AuthorRoger Armbrust

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"This bobbing, weaving, trembling, shaking collection is long overdue!" ---Amy Fusselman, author of The Pharmicist's Mate, I have known and admired Roger Armbrust's poetry for many years. When Roger met the sonnet, he quickly turned it into a window on his rich and varied world. Some of his sonnets are delicate, yet they often display muscular rhythms and playful times ... but he knows when they need to be just that., "I have know and admired Roger Armbrust's poetry for many years. When Roger met the sonnet, he quickly turned it into a window on his rich and varied world. Some of his sonnets are delicate, yet they often display muscular rhythyms and playful fimes--but he knows when they need to be just that." ---H. A. Maxson, poet and author of On the Sonnets of Robert Frost: A Critical Examination of the 37 Poems, Roger Armbrust's contemporary sonnets plunge right to the core both of the matter and the reader. These accessible sonnets create an immediate resonance within, bringing this poetic form to the everyday reader and begging each one to be read over and over again., "I have known and admired Roger Armbrust's poetry for many years. When Roger met the sonnet, he quickly turned it into a window on his rich and varied world. Some of his sonnets are delicate, yet they often display muscular rhythms and playful times ... but he knows when they need to be just that." , "Roger Armbrust's contemporary sonnets plunge right to the core both of the matter and the reader. These accessible sonnets create an immediate resonance within, bringing this poetic form to the everyday reader and begging each one to be read over and over again." ---Raymond Hammond, editor, The New York Quarterly, Roger Armbrust's contemporary sonnets plunge right to the core both of the matter and the reader. These accessible sonnets create an immediate resonance within, bringing this poetic form to the everyday reader and begging each one to be read over and over again.

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromEleventh Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

SynopsisOne hundred twenty-two sonnets that touch on contemporary American popular culture, social trends, and personalities. Armbrust is described by some as a mystic, by others as a spiritualist, and by yet others as a guy who toys with really big thoughts, making them objects both of serious study and of humor. His sonnets will push you to laughter and meditation: a satisfying literary ride., One hundred twenty-two sonnets that touch on contemporary American popular culture, social trends, and personalities. Poet Roger Armbrust is described by some as a mystic, by others as a spiritualist, and by yet others as a guy who toys with really big thoughts, making them objects both of serious study and of humor. His sonnets will push you to laughter and meditation: a satisfying literary ride. In The Aesthetic Astronaut , Roger Armbrust escorts readers on an insightful journey throughout Earth and beyond. We experience the loneliness and instpiration of "the Aesthetic Astronaut"; cold-blooded calculations of "The Armchair Assassin"; passion and sense of the romantic lover; reflective memories of a gentle heart growing older; ironic vision of an observer to history, and subtle--and sometimes not so subtle--humor of a fellow human involved in our day-to-day challenge of living a worthwhile life. The poet's imagery and attitude. . . may fascinate, thrill, sadden, anger, or push you to laughter or meditation. But you'll find the trip a fascinating literary ride.