| Thresherphobe Contributor(s): Halliday, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 022603870X ISBN-13: 9780226038704 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2012033559 |
| Series: Phoenix Poets (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6" W x 9" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his sixth collection, Mark Halliday continues to seek ways of using the smart playfulness of such poets as Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch to explore life's emotional mysteries--both dire and hilarious--from the perpetual dissolving of our past to the perpetual frustration of our cravings for ego-triumph, for sublime connection with an erotically idealized Other, and for peace of spirit. Animated by belief in the possible truths to be reached in interpersonal speech, Halliday's voice-driven poetry wants to find insight--or at least a stay against confusion--through personality without being trapped in personality. History will leave much of what we are on the threshing floor, Halliday notes, but in the meantime we do what we can; let posterity (if any ) say we rambled truly. Forward Prizes for Poetry: Highly Commended for 'Classic Blunder' and 'Lois in the Sunny Tree' |
Contributor Bio(s): Halliday, Mark: - Mark Halliday is distinguished professor of English at Ohio University. |