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Poetry State Forest
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Ideal for readers who appreciate experimental poetry that explores nature and human experience with wit and depth, as well as fans of innovative poetic forms and language play.
"One of the most interesting, exciting, and open of late-20th century experimental poets."-Tom Clark, San Francisco Chronicle
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Bernadette Mayer mixes together nature poems, pastiches, sonnets, prose poetry, and epigrams to create Poetry State Forest.
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John Ashbery praises the work for its capture of life's fleeting moments, calling it "magnificent." Michael Lally of The Washington Post highlights Mayer's brilliant observations and surprising juxtapositions inspired by diverse influences. Jason Morris from The Guardian notes the collection's warm humour and grounded approach.
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ISBN: 9780811217231
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 November 2008
Country: United States
Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 298g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Called "a consummate poet" by Robert Creeley, Bernadette Mayer was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1945. A most prolific poet, her first book was published at the age of twenty-three. Many texts later she continues to write progressive poetry from her home in East Nassau, New York. For many years Mayer lived and worked on the Lower East Side of Manhattan where she was the Director of St. Mark's Poetry Project from 1980-1984. Bernadette Mayer has received grants and awards from PEN American Center, The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, the NEA, The Academy of American Poets, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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