| Blonds on Bikes Contributor(s): Bowering, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889223815 ISBN-13: 9780889223813 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1997 Annotation: Blonds on Bikes is George Bowering's first book of poetry since Urban Snow was published by Talonbooks in 1992. Like that one and others, it is largely made up of sequences. The longest one, the title poem, is a composition of daily riffs during an autumn in Denmark and Italy. "Pictures" is an album of verbal portraits by a husband and wife who see differently. There is a series of tributes to other writers on special occasions. Sometimes a short lyric sticks its head up. Whatever the form, Bowering is more interested in sound than he is in ground, more interested in wit than he is in shovels. If you read carefully, you might get a little scared. If you want "one of the last great masters who can use language to impose an individual yet universal order on the perceived world", |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Epic |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 98143709 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.04" W x 8.97" (0.44 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Blonds on Bikes is George Bowering's first book of poetry since Urban Snow was published by Talonbooks in 1992. Characteristic of Bowering's other work, this book is largely made up of sequences. The longest one, the title poem, is a composition of daily riffs during an autumn in Denmark and Italy. "Pictures" is an album of verbal portraits by a husband and wife who see differently. There is a series of tributes to other writers on special occasions. Sometimes a short lyric sticks its head up. Whatever the form, Bowering is more interested in sound than he is in ground, more interested in wit than he is in shovels. If you read carefully, you might get a little scared. If you want "one of the last great masters who can use language to impose an individual yet universal order on the perceived world," dont get your hopes up. Look out for air & the knives in the air-- |