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After the Fall : Poems Old and New by Edward Field (2007, Perfect)
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PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-100822959801
ISBN-139780822959809
eBay Product ID (ePID)60683457
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Book TitleAfter the Fall : Poems Old and New
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicGeneral, American / General
GenrePoetry
AuthorEdward Field
Book SeriesPitt Poetry Ser.
FormatPerfect
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Reviews" Edward Field may indeed have something in common with the cafe patron in one of his poems who sobs 'Je suis vieux!' but he is still producing spry, animated poems, which perfectly mix honesty and playfulness. Let us stand up, friends, and give his new collection a round of loud applause." --Billy Collins, "Primal, earthy images in exceptional poetry. . .The verses about the creation of day, night, sun, moon, stars, thunder, lightning, heaven, earth and hell resound with wonder, vengeance, and bravery, offering a keen sense of the people." --Kirkus ReviewsonMagic Words, "The last of the old poems in Field's latest selection is "Sorry, I Never Slept with Allen Ginsberg." It's as grand a valediction to the old bohemian as he's likely ever to get, and it forcibly reminds us of another queer, Jewish, radical, New York poet who's much more fun to read--Edward Field! Although he has been as footloose as his famous coeval (many older poems attest to voyages from North Africa to Afghanistan, and one of the newest concludes, "I'll keep going, keep going, keep going . . ."), Field still seems much more of a homebody, writing about pottering about the apartment and the city more than faraway places. When he writes about the (his) body, he is wondrous as Ginsberg but commonplace and funny rather than cosmic and vatic. When he's vulgar (reasonably often), he's like a benign, though filthy, stand-up comic, minus the cynicism. His celebrated Hollywood poems, extrapolating from silver screen "classics" both actual ("Bride of Frankenstein") and conceptual ("Comeback"), are incisively mordant and pitifully moving, masterpieces of camp sensibility. But if humor predominates in his older work, anger suffuses the new poems, written after the fall of the Twin Towers. Because the anger is mastered and channeled into cogent, down-to-earth speech, Field's may be the best 9/11 protest poems yet." --Booklist, "The last of the old poems in Field's latest selection is "Sorry, I Never Slept with Allen Ginsberg." It's as grand a valediction to the old bohemian as he's likely ever to get, and it forcibly reminds us of another queer, Jewish, radical, New York poet who's much more fun to read-Edward Field! Although he has been as footloose as his famous coeval (many older poems attest to voyages from North Africa to Afghanistan, and one of the newest concludes, "I'll keep going, keep going, keep going . . ."), Field still seems much more of a homebody, writing about pottering about the apartment and the city more than faraway places. When he writes about the (his) body, he is wondrous as Ginsberg but commonplace and funny rather than cosmic and vatic. When he's vulgar (reasonably often), he's like a benign, though filthy, stand-up comic, minus the cynicism. His celebrated Hollywood poems, extrapolating from silver screen "classics" both actual ("Bride of Frankenstein") and conceptual ("Comeback"), are incisively mordant and pitifully moving, masterpieces of camp sensibility. But if humor predominates in his older work, anger suffuses the new poems, written after the fall of the Twin Towers. Because the anger is mastered and channeled into cogent, down-to-earth speech, Field's may be the best 9/11 protest poems yet." -Booklist, " Primal, earthy images in exceptional poetry. . .The verses about the creation of day, night, sun, moon, stars, thunder, lightning, heaven, earth and hell resound with wonder, vengeance, and bravery, offering a keen sense of the people." "--Kirkus Reviews "on "Magic Words", "I have for decades considered Edward Field our greatest living poet. He combines the wriest wit with the deepest compassion. He has raised the movie poem, the 'confessional' poem, the performance poem, and the memoir to the highest art in the most conversational of styles. He taught an entire 'generation of poets' to talk straight and 'sassy.' He remains modest, mischievous, and full of surprises. He is quite simply (or not so simply) the best." --Gerald Locklin, "Edward Field may indeed have something in common with the caf patron in one of his poems who sobs 'Je suis vieux!' but he is still producing spry, animated poems, which perfectly mix honesty and playfulness. Let us stand up, friends, and give his new collection a round of loud applause." --Billy Collins, "It [ After the Fall ] is a testimony, or rather a witnessing of a very rich and deep life. Field is a poet that does not take himself too seriously, and that renders his poetry, not only readable, but simply put, great." --Liberty Press, "Edward Field may indeed have something in common with the cafÉ patron in one of his poems who sobs 'Je suis vieux!' but he is still producing spry, animated poems, which perfectly mix honesty and playfulness. Let us stand up, friends, and give his new collection a round of loud applause." --Billy Collins, " I have for decades considered Edward Field our greatest living poet. He combines the wriest wit with the deepest compassion. He has raised the movie poem, the 'confessional' poem, the performance poem, and the memoir to the highest art in the most conversational of styles. He taught an entire 'generation of poets' to talk straight and 'sassy.' He remains modest, mischievous, and full of surprises. He is quite simply (or not so simply) the best." --Gerald Locklin, "Edward Field may indeed have something in common with the cafe patron in one of his poems who sobs 'Je suis vieux!' but he is still producing spry, animated poems, which perfectly mix honesty and playfulness. Let us stand up, friends, and give his new collection a round of loud applause." --Billy Collins, "Edward Field may indeed have something in common with the caf patron in one of his poems who sobs 'Je suis vieux!' but he is still producing spry, animated poems, which perfectly mix honesty and playfulness. Let us stand up, friends, and give his new collection a round of loud applause." --Billy Collins
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal811.54
Synopsis"After the Fall" refers to the twin towers, and is Field's ode to the events that transpired thereafter--the war in Iraq andthe attack on civil rights in America--as well as his own personal struggles over the indignities of aging., After the Fall refers to the twin towers, and is Field's ode to the events that transpired thereafter--the war in Iraq andthe attack on civil rights in America--as well as his own personal struggles over the indignities of aging., Available January 2011. Christ is risen! A cluster of Easter lilies adorns this attractive offering envelope. The envelope and its matching pieces will help your congregation celebrate the risen Christ on Easter morning. The offering envelope is 3 1/8'� x 6 1/4'�. The matching pieces can be found below in the related links. Abingdon's Lent-Easter Seasonal Bulletins and matching pieces provide a beautiful array of designs to enhance seasonal worship services and special communications with your congregation. Did you know... One of the most famous Biblical references is in the Sermon on the Mount, when Christ told his listeners: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet...Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Often called the "white-robed apostles of hope," lilies were found growing in the Garden of Gethsemane after Christ's agony. Tradition has it that the beautiful white lilies sprung up where drops of Christ's sweat fell to the ground in his final hours of sorrow and deep distress. Churches continue this tradition at Easter time by banking their altars and surrounding their crosses with masses of Easter Lilies, to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and hope of life everlasting. This annual series includes bulletins for Ash Wednesday, all four Sundays in Lent, and several options for Easter as well as bulletins for special services such as Palm Sunday; Tenebrae, Good Friday, and Pentecost.
LC Classification NumberPS3556.I37A69 2007
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