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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The dust jacket says “jaunty and intimate,” which is not as direct as “A lot of these are about sex.” Some truly standout poems (including many of those “intimate” ones), but the collection as a whole is not as thoroughly amazing as his *Dear Darkness.* ( ) Finding Kevin Young was like passing a random bar with live music and turning in, on a whim, and loving it, shaking your head and saying "Hell, yeah." The upright bass rasps behind him, his sounds and syntax bring the subtle variations and repetitions that give jazz its bling. He sings of love gone right, and gone wrong, nailing the gravelly wailing of the blues. In Kevin Young, you'll hear a voice unique and familiar -- in all, a treasure, a jewel most rare. -Emily Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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In this jaunty and intimate collection, Kevin Young invents a language as shimmying and comic, as low-down and high-hearted, as the music from which he draws inspiration. With titles such as “Stride Piano,” “Gutbucket,” and “Can-Can,” these poems have the sharp completeness of vocalized songs and follow a classic blues trajectory: praising and professing undying devotion (“To watch you walk / cross the room in your black / corduroys is to see / civilization start”), only to end up lamenting the loss of love (“No use driving / like rain, past / where you at”). As Young conquers the sorrow left on his doorstep, the poems broaden to embrace not just the wisdom that comes with heartbreak but the bittersweet wonder of triumphing over adversity at all. Sexy and tart, playfully blending an African American idiom with traditional lyric diction, Young’s voice is pure American: joyous in its individualism and singing of the self at its strongest. From the Hardcover edition. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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