| The Nerve: Poems Contributor(s): Maxwell, Glyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618446664 ISBN-13: 9780618446667 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: A haunting and powerful collection, The Nerve captures the strangeness and splendor of America in the twenty-first century. Glyn Maxwell's characters include FBI agents, the Californian "wild child" Genie, a man who holds his own funeral, and women writing love letters to men on Death Row. From college football games to television weather reports, from hayrides to hunting tragedies, Maxwell's brilliant lyrics and narratives explore American life and legend. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2002032802 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.54" W x 8.26" (0.19 lbs) 58 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A haunting and powerful collection, The Nerve captures the strangeness and splendor of America in the twenty-first century. Glyn Maxwell's characters include FBI agents, the Californian wild child Genie, a man who holds his own funeral, and women writing love letters to men on Death Row. From college football games to television weather reports, from hayrides to hunting tragedies, Maxwell's brilliant lyrics and narratives explore American life and legend. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maxwell, Glyn: - Glyn Maxwell is the author of several books of poetry, including The Sugar Mile. He is also a dramatist whose plays have been staged in New York, Edinburgh, and London. Among other honors, he has won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the E. M. Forster Prize. He was the poetry editor of the New Republic from 2001 to 2007. |