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13 produkter
Sun at Eye Level
Selected Poems
Häftad, 2027
154 kr
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A lifetime of poems that find the extraordinary in fractured families, hard-won sobriety, ordinary work and the fragile moments when grace breaks through.In The Sun at Eye Level, Guggenheim Fellow and American Academy of Arts & Letters Award winner Jeffrey Skinner gathers a lifetime of work into …
Salt Water Amnesia
Häftad, 2005
239 kr
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Jeffrey Skinner's poems come at the world from many different directions. Some are outrageous and very funny, like “Experiment,” which begins, “I sewed my father into a specially designed, handmade bear suit. He was indistinguishable from a real bear, and yet retained the necessary functions of a …
6.5 Practices of Moderately Successful Poets
A Self-Help Memoir
E-bok, 2011
169 kr
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A private eye turned moderately successful poet leads readers on a satiric, hopeful tour of how to make a life in the arts, while still having a life. Revealing, hilarious, and peppered with sly takes on the ins and outs of contemporary American poetry (chapters include "The Silence of the Iambs," …
Passing the Word
Writers on Their Mentors
Av Lee Martin, Jeffrey Skinner
E-bok, 2001
209 kr
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In this anthology, distinguished writers explore the relevance of mentors in their education and development as writers. Each author contributes an essay and a story or poem, which together give a unique sense of the forces that shape a writer''s craft and vision.
Glaciology
Häftad, 2013
233 kr
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“Once I walked a thin rail through a glacier” begins “Shattered Bio”, the first poem in Glaciology, Jeffrey Skinner’s latest collection of poetry. Filled with images that slide into one another in a dreamlike way, from the “squeak of pine trees in a forest” to “pinwheel, the baby’s hand”, the poem …
Last Call: Poems on Alcoholism, Addiction, & Deliv
Poems on Alcoholism, Addiction, & Deliv
Av Sarah Gorham, Jeffrey Skinner
Häftad, 1997
156 kr
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Sarah Gorham is the author of two collections of poetry, Don't Go Back to Sleep (Galileo Press, 1989) and The Tension Zone (FourWay Books, 1996). Her work has appeared widely in such places as The Nation, Antaeus, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Grand Street, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, The …
Chance Divine
Häftad, 2017
177 kr
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Chance Divine explores the broadest territory possible, from the origins of the universe to the speculative, precarious future. Bookended by the dazzling prose poem sequences called Genesis and Revelation, Jeffrey Skinner s new collection is equally grounded in the contemporary science of photons, …
Passing the Word
Writers on Their Mentors
Av Jeffrey Skinner, Lee Martin
Häftad, 2001
184 kr
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"Discipline, humility, kindness. These qualities cohere in the best mentors, bundled into an overarching approach to the art of writing. It is not, I think, coincidence that the writers in this collection remember these qualities best when speaking of their mentors as people, as fellow pilgrims who …
6.5 Practices of Moderately Successful Poets
A Self-Help Memoir
Häftad, 2012
151 kr
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A private eye turned moderately successful poet leads readers on a satiric, hopeful tour of how to make a life in the arts, while still having a life. Revealing, hilarious, and peppered with sly takes on the ins and outs of contemporary American poetry (chapters include "The Silence of the Iambs," …
