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Original Essays | April 16, 2013

Urban Waite: IMG The Dark Side

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Every night after I finish work, I sit down to write this essay, and every night I fail. And failure, believe it or not, is one of the best things... Continue »
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'Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough mindedness touch the deep core of our humanness.

From \'Abuses in the Big Hotels\'

The old man they watched six years straight do nothing

yet

died between shifts. He left a bloody shirt once, in

Tenerife,

and never went back for it. \'I loved,\' the dictator says,

\'the way my mother\"s body moved when she strolled

along

holding herself in her arms. I have always loved

the elegant sway, the curve like infinity\"s cul de sac,

the seductive and unappeasable ...\' and stops talking.

'

Synopsis:

Charlie Smith's "shimmering energy" (Mary Oliver) pushes against the barriers of imagination and the American language.

Synopsis:

"Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream."--New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough-mindedness gesture toward wisdom.
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About the Author

Charlie Smith is an award-winning poet and novelist. Five of his works have been named New York Times Notable Books. Smith has taught at Princeton University and the University of Alabama, and he lives in New York City.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393338195
Author:
Smith, Charlie
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Single Author / American
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Publication Date:
20100831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
8.10x5.90x.30 in. .25 lbs.
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Product details 80 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393338195 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Charlie Smith's "shimmering energy" (Mary Oliver) pushes against the barriers of imagination and the American language.
"Synopsis" by , "Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream."--New York Times Book Review
"Synopsis" by , Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough-mindedness gesture toward wisdom.
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