About this title: Alison Hawthorne Deming brings to her first collection of verse the kinds of scrupulous observation and clear-eyed analysis that characterize scientific inquiry as well as a poet's eye for the telling moment. Science and Other Poems establishes astonishing parallels between the mute, inexorable processes of the physical universe and the dark mysteries of the human heart, parallels so clearly wrought and convincing that we wonder why we had not recognized them before. "Caffe Trieste" lays bare the unexamined terror and sorrow that underlie the proliferation of faux fifties kitsch, then strips ...
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Description: Very Good. Hardcover w / dustjacket. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. DJ is Very Good. In sealed plastic protection. 1994. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth Hard Back
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Fine. Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (12)80pp. Like new condition. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1994
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0807119156 Signed by Author Unused Very Good Unused Reprint edition Softcover, Signed on title page. 6 X 9, 80pp. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Lovely copy in equally lovely dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 80 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition, First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. Winner of 1993 Walt Whitman Award. 80 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, gilt, 80 pp.; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust spotting/top edge. Fine DJ. "Alison Hawthorne Deming brings to her first collection of verse the kinds of scrupulous observation and clear-eyed analysis that characterize scientific inquiry as well as a poet's eye for the telling moment. Science and Other Poems establishes astonishing parallels between the mute, inexorable processes of the physical universe and the dark mysteries ... read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: New in Fine jacket. Never read. Cover and pages in perfect condition. No marks, bends or tears. Stated first printing. Not a remainder. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1994
Description: Fine and very bright in like dustjacket. Text crisp and unread. Praise from Gerald Stern. Winner of the 1993 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. The poet's first collection. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0807119148. Winner of the 1993 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of America Poets. First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0807119148. Winner of the 1993 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of America Poets. First printing. Fine in an about fine (faint crease on front flap) dust jacket. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: As New in as new jacket. Slim hardcover, dust jacket; both the book & jacket are in as new condition. The book was a gift of the Academy of American Poets with their announcement of the book by Deming was the winner of the 1993 Walt Whitman Award laid in loose. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge, LA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: 0807119148. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. read more
Description: Very Good. Used-Very Good. Trinity City Books ships from the Dallas, Texas area daily, Mon-Fri and fully guarantee our products. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119143ISBN:0807119148
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NF book in DJ with slight yellowing to top and bottom edges; DJ protected by mylar cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780807119150ISBN:0807119156
Description: Near Fine. Signed and Inscribed by Author Signed and inscribed to a named individual at the title page by the author, this copy has a tiny thumb-crease at the right front of the soft cover and a little delicate rubbing at the corners but is otherwise clean and excellent. read more
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