Plundered Hearts: Plundered Hearts: New and Selected Poems Contributor(s): McClatchy, J. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080416875X ISBN-13: 9780804168755 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica - Poetry | American - General - Literary Collections | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2013023979 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Holiday - Valentine's Day |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: At last, a definitive selection of the elegant work by a poet at the forefront of American poetry for more than three decades. With his first several books, J. D. McClatchy established himself as a poet of urbanity, intellect, and prismatic emotion, in the tradition of James Merrill, W. H. Auden, and Elizabeth Bishop--one who balances an exploration of the underworld of desire with a mastery of poetic form, and whose artistry reveals the riches and ruins of our "plundered hearts." Now, opening with exquisite new poems--including the stunning "My Hand Collection," a catalogue of art objects that steals up on the complexity of human touch, and a witty and profound poem entitled "My Robotic Prostatectomy"--this selection is a glorious full tour of McClatchy's career. It includes excerpts from the powerful book-length sequence Ten Commandments (1998) and his more recent works Hazmat (2002) and Mercury Dressing (2009)--books that explored the body's melodrama, as well as the heart's treacheries, grievances, and boundless capacities. All of his poems present a sumptuous weave of impassioned thought and clear-sighted feeling. He has been rightly hailed as a poet of "ferocious alertness," one who elicits (says The New Leader) "the kind of wonder and joy we experience when the curtain comes down on a dazzling performance." |