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Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.6
EAN: 9780820322735
ISBN: 0820322733
Label: University of Georgia Press
Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: 2000-10-20
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Studio: University of Georgia Press
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This collection of probing and provocative poems touch on atoms and torture, tattoos and laundromats, and the theory of light as they join in shaping a simultaneously personal and historical narrative of love, family and desire.
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Rekdal's sentimentality in A Crash of Rhinos is almost as cloying as her sentimentality in The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee. I want to like the poems, because the author seems genuinely smart and insightful, but what music and power they have is drowned out by a pervasive self-consciousness.
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Summary: Like tattoos .. .
Comment: these poems get under your skin. Quirky, witty, wise and moving, Rekdal's poems have both sweep and focus. In one poem, she deftly connects the planet Pluto with the underworld god with the Disney cartoon... while exploring the end of a relationship. These are poems informed with history and humor, poetry that's never ashamed to entertain. "Sex, like dinner," she reminds us, "has serious consequences."
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Summary: Alive
Comment: This is a book of poems with a pulse. Page after page thumps with a rhythm and a language that is both corporal and spectral, sensual and sacred. The inspiration here is a breath of fire, and those with a passion for poetry will most certainly feel invigorated by it.
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