| #2297399 in Books | University of Pittsburgh Press | 1999-12-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.30 x5.50l,.33 | File type: PDF | 112 pages | ||From Publishers Weekly|With their vivid, busy surfaces and in-your-face attitudes about sex, sexuality, illness and race, Shepherd's poems won attention right away: Some Are Drowning (1994) established him as someone whom other young poets watch closely. This lo
The poems of Reginald Shepherd’s third book move among, mix, and manufacture stories, seeking to redefine the meaning of mythology. From the ruined representatives of Greek divinity (broken statues and fragmented stories), and the dazzling extravagances of predecessors like Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens, to the fleeting promises of popular music and the laconic demigods of the contemporary gay subculture, they sketch maps of a world in which desire may find a...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Wrong (Pitt Poetry Series) | Reginald Shepherd. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.