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More copies of this ISBNBegin Anywhereby Frank Giampietro
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Poetry. Tension between the alluring promise of contemporary American suburbia and the high anxiety of a born second-guesser characterize this funny, self-deprecating, and frank portrayal of fatherhood, marriage, and personal transformation, as the speaker's definition of happiness evolves. Frank Giampietro is currently in the PhD program in creative writing at Florida State University. His poems have appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, CutBank, 32 Poems, Exquisite Corpse, and Poetry International. "The lines in these wise, funny, often startlingly sad poems nudge and jostle each other coltishly, and no wonder: they are the foals of Head and Heart, two mighty steeds to draw the reader's chariot out of the well-trodden way and straight to poetry's palace of gold, its realm of the bless'd"-David Kirby. Synopsis:Beleaguered, appealing self-as-persona wades through crowded, messy rooms of adulthood in this unpredictable debut. Synopsis:Tension between the alluring promise of contemporary American suburbia and the high anxiety of a born second-guesser characterize this funny, self-deprecating, and frank portrayal of fatherhood, marriage, and personal transformation, as the speakers definition of happiness evolves. About the AuthorFrank Giampietro earned his MFA from Vermont College and is currently in the PhD program in Creative Writing at Florida State University. He is the founding editor of lafovea.org, and his poems have appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, CutBank, 32 Poems, Exquisite Corpse, and Poetry International. He lives in Tallahassee with his wife and two children. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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