Thresherphobe / Mark Halliday.

Author/Creator:

Halliday, Mark, author., Author,

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]

Series:

Phoenix Poets

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (88 p.)

Subjects:

American poetry -- 21st century.

Language:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Summary:

In his sixth collection, Mark Halliday continues to seek ways of using the smart playfulness of such poets as Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch to explore life's emotional mysteries-both dire and hilarious-from the perpetual dissolving of our past to the perpetual frustration of our cravings for ego-triumph, for sublime connection with an erotically idealized Other, and for peace of spirit. Animated by belief in the possible truths to be reached in interpersonal speech, Halliday's voice-driven poetry wants to find insight-or at least a stay against confusion-through personality without being trapped in personality. History will leave much of what we are on the threshing floor, Halliday notes, but in the meantime we do what we can; let posterity (if any!) say we rambled truly. Forward Prizes for Poetry: Highly Commended for 'Classic Blunder' and 'Lois in the Sunny Tree'

Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Lois in the Sunny Tree - Just In Time
Ferguson High - Pathos of the Momentary Smile
Huge Party - Livin' in the World
Lingo Bistro - The One for Her

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

ISBN:

9780226038841

OCLC:

841033926

Publisher Number:

10.7208/9780226038841 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

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