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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsFigmentby Rebecca Wolff
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"FIGMENT is a book of dark and witty poems, an amalgam of discrete parts: postconfessional lyric; poems that inhabit a territory of attempted engagement, of earnest failure to engage; poems written under the guiding star of the sentence fragment; and a series of spoofs and riffs on the vagaries of social interactions. Review:"Though she won admiration for the fast-moving verse of Manderley (a Robert Pinsky pick for the National Poetry Series), Wolff remains best-known as a founder and editor of Fence might expect: its scenes and fragments are urbane, knowing, always alert to irony, particularly when gender-related: 'If I could only learn to make the perfect skirt/ I would never work again,' the first poem notes. The work that follows projects a vivid wit that at its best perfectly skirts prose sense and story, promising instead 'to kiss you/ smack on the vocabulary.' Wolff's recurrent subjects include motherhood, Manhattan and the Atlantic Coast, as well as the white-collar workplace, where lyric often fears to tread. One poem, called (with a wink) 'I walk the property line' takes a break to explore a 'Dark shade/ on the patch of grass where// I'm who I always wanted to be.' At the end of a sequence of lyrics, Wolff's speaker announces 'I am the genie of self-critique,' and takes 'a militant stance against encroaching/ cynicism.' Taking simultaneous shots at militancy and cynicism is part of this book's main dynamic; in a space where 'It all happens so fast — / ovulation, creation, cremation,' a variety of poses, or figments, may seem all that is left. Wolff's poems manage to make embracing them seem like a genuine possibility. (Apr.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.) About the AuthorRebecca Wolff, author of Manderley and founding editor of Fence, lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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