| American Ghost Roses Contributor(s): Stein, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252072405 ISBN-13: 9780252072406 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: Kevin Stein's first book since being named poet laureate of Illinois. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2005002014 |
| Series: Illinois Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.52" W x 9.18" (0.33 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his first book as the poet laureate of Illinois, Kevin Stein shoulders an array of poetic forms, blending pathos, humor, and social commentary. These poems--ranging from meditative narratives to improvisational lyrics--explore art's capacity to embody as well as express contemporary culture. Stein embraces subjects as various as his father's death, magazine sex surveys, Kandinsky's theory of art, the dangling modifier, Jimi Hendrix's flaming guitar, racial bigotry, and a teacher's comments on a botched poem. Presiding over this miscellany are ghosts of a peculiarly American garden of dreamers and beloved misfits, those redeemed and those left fingering the locked gate. |