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Quaker Gunsby Caroline Knox
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Poetry. So much fun you might not notice you are in the presence of a master. These poems are madcap, fierce: no one's bag of tricks is as bottomless as Knox's. "A most inquisitive poet...one who has been faxing by the midnight oil while so many others were dipping their quills into dry sockets. Caroline Knox reminds us how whangy and interesting it all is"--C.D. Wright. Caroline Knox is the winner of the 2005 Maurice English Award and the author of six collections of poetry, most recently HE PAVES THE ROAD WITH IRON BARS (Verse Press, 2004). She has received awards from the NEA, Ingram Merrill Foundation, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Poetry magazine. Review:"With erudite yet accessible wit, Knox (He Paves the Road with Iron Bars) continues her exploration of just how far one can actually stretch the definition of poetry before it breaks. Like contemporary cabinets of wonders, the poems in this sixth collection display linguistic oddities, both archaic and everyday, quirky historical facts, unlikely literary references and richly extravagant diction ('O/ for a bombazine cloak the color of plankton!'). Her wildness, however, is tempered by a serious commitment to fixed forms — as one of her poems reports, this book contains 'two sonnets, two haiku,/ a sestina, an homage/ to George Herbert, some tercets,/ a masque, two translations,/ two erasure poems, an elegy,/ a recipe, a song, an ABC,/ an eclogue, a canzone,/ a group of rubayyat, and other poems.' But this is a far cry from New Formalism. Knox is our most irreverent poet to revere history in its various forms." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:The undiscovered icon of American poetry.
Synopsis:With the adventurousness of Ashbery and the gregariousness of Billy Collins, no one's bag of tricks is as bottomless as Caroline Knox's. They're Quaker guns, a creative ruse, the kind you couldn't and wouldn't fire: they're flotsam, jetsam, or any old trees, ships'logs. They're broken masts. They're the Friends of the Friends. Caroline Knoxis the winner of the 2005 Maurice English Award and the author of six collections of poetry. Her poems have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. About the AuthorCaroline Knox is the winner of the 2005 Maurice English Award and the author of six collections of poetry. Her poems have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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