About this title: "These new poems . . . deliver the typical Tate-esque trope de grace to all sanctimonious poses and stodgy cogitation, all verdigris-encrusted mental statuary".--Carolyne Wright, Harvard Review. Winner of the 1994 National Book Award.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 088001380X Copyright 1994 / light shelf wear to dust jacket / good hard cover / good clean pages / very good or better condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 12/1/1995
ISBN-13:9780880014311ISBN:0880014318
Description: New. 0880014318 Brand New Book With Remainder Mark. May Have Slight Shelf Wear. In-Stock Now For Immediate Secure Packaging & Delivery. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: No Illustration. Very Good. No Jacket. ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK COVER WITH LIGHT STAINING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, Hopewell
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 088001380X. Winner of the National Book Award for poetry in 1994. Dust jacket bears the award seal on the front panel. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1994
Description: National Book Award Winner. Fine and very bright in like dustjacket. National Book Award Winner seal to front cover. Text crisp and attractive. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, Hopewell
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013802ISBN:088001380X
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition, first prnt. Publisher's response postcard laid-in as issued. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold archival cover. Image is of the book described; not a stock photo. read more
"I was about 8 pages from the end of this book when my girlfriend, from whom I had borrowed it, dumped me, and I had to give it back. After the shock and heartache began to subside (so, like a week), I realized I desperately wanted to finish this work.
I'm glad I did. Once the reader gets the hang of Tate's style in this book, the poems just hum with potent atmosphere and almost tactile emotion. The majesty of Tate's work here is how he wraps his larger ideas, not so much in mundane, but in the punctuating of his mundane observations with grammatical strange-ness. That combination of seemingly meningless weords, and very thick recollection, send the reader spiralling into a world that is obviously a mindscape, but one that feels like the real world, with its emotions heightened. Exceelent."
""The directions to the lunatic asylum were confusing; / most likely they were the random associations / and confused ramblings of a lunatic."
Not my favorite by James Tate, but I did enjoy a few poems, including "Little Poem with Argyle Socks" (great title), "How the Pope Is Chosen," "The Early Years," and "A Glowworm, a Lemur, and Some Women" (another great title).
"Back to Nature" and "In My Own Backyard" are pretty cool, too."
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