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Dearest Creature

by Amy Gerstler

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Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus.
A thoughtful dog grants an interview.
A caterpillar offers life advice.

Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and- blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely.

Synopsis:

A surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet.

About the Author

Amy Gerstler is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Paris Review and Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter Angel won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are Crown of Weeds, 1997, and Nerve Storm, 1993.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780143116356
Author:
Gerstler, Amy
Publisher:
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Single Author / American
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series:
Poets, Penguin
Publication Date:
20090929
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.34 in 0.31 lb
Age Level:
17-17

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