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Mornings Like This: Found Poems by Dillard, Annie Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less
Mornings Like This : Found Poems by Annie Dillard (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Mornings Like This: Found Poems by Dillard, Annie Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less...
Specifics
| Author | Annie Dillard |
|---|---|
| Book Title | Mornings like this : Found Poems |
| Dewey Decimal | 811/.54 |
| Dewey Edition | 20 |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Genre | Poetry |
| ISBN-10 | 0060927259 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780060927257 |
| Intended Audience | Trade |
| Item Height | 0.2 in |
| Item Length | 9.2 in |
| Item Weight | 4.7 Oz |
| Item Width | 5.5 in |
| LC Classification Number | PS3554.I398 |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 96 Pages |
| Publication Year | 1996 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Reviews | Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors., "Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors." -- Publishers Weekly |
| Synopsis | "Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors." -- Publishers Weekly In Mornings Like This, beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form, sure to charm her fans, both old and new. Extracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books--From D.C. Beard's "The American Boys Handy Book" in 1882 to Van Gogh's letters to David Greyson's "The Countryman's Year" in 1936--Dillard has composed poems on poetry's most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard's characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages., In Mornings Like This, Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from old--and often odd--books, and composes ironic poems--some serious, some light--on the heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. Clever, original, sometimes humorous, and often profound, this collection is sure to charm her fans, both old and new. |
| Topic | Women Authors, General, American / General |
| brand | HarperCollins |
| gtin13 | 9780060927257 |