| The Eye Like a Strange Balloon: Poems Contributor(s): Bang, Mary Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802141579 ISBN-13: 9780802141576 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: The ever-adventurous author of Louise in Love looks to the visual arts for inspiration with this astonishing fourth collection. The poems in The Eye Like a Strange Balloon find their seed in paintings, film, video, photographs, and collage, and the end results are something more than a sum of their parts. Beginning with a painting done in 2003, the poems move backward in time to 1 B.C., where an architectural fragment is painted on an architectural fragment, highlighting visual art's strange relationship between the image and the thing itself. The total effect is exhilarating-a wholly original, personal take on art history coupled with Bang's sly and elegant commentary on poetry's enduring subjects: Love, Death, Time, and Desire. The recipient of numerous prizes and awards, Bang stands at the front of American poetry with this new work, asking more of the English language, and enticing and challenging the reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2004054432 |
| Series: Grover Press Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.58" W x 8.3" (0.32 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The poems in The Eye Like a Strange Balloon find their seed in paintings, film, video, photographs, and collage, and the end results are something more than a sum of their parts. Beginning with a painting done in 2003, the poems move backwards in time to 1 BC, where an architectural fragment is painted on an architectural fragment, highlighting visual art's strange relationship between the image and the thing itself. The total effect is exhilarating--a wholly original, personal take on art history coupled with Bang's sly and elegant commentary on poetry's enduring subjects: Love, Death, Time and Desire. The recipient of numerous prizes and awards, Bang stands at the front of American poetry with this new work, asking more of the English language, and enticing and challenging the reader. |