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The game was stud. There were seven at the table, which makes for good poker. Outside of Nick, who banked the game, nobody looked familiar. They all had the beat look of compulsive gamblers, fogged over by their individual attempts at a poker face. They were a cagey-looking lot. Only one of them was within ten years of my age. ... Read more

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Scholar Lawrence R. Broer brings together twelve essays that show John Updike's Rabbit novels--RABBIT, RUN (1960), RABBIT REDUX (1971), RABBIT IS RICH (1981), and RABBIT AT REST (1990)--to be a carefully crafted fabric of changing hues and textures, of social realism and something of grandeur, worthy of Dickens, Thackeray, and Joyce. Should be of interest to anyone interested in Updike, modern literature, and the changing cultural more of our times. ... Read more

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Contents: Introduction: Tumbles and Leaps; Beginning in Wisdom; Towards a Rhetoric of Destitution; Excellence and Loss; History and Seduction; Defeats and Dreams; Notes and References; IndexàR ... Read more

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Wit & Pain
"Love & Fame" is an amazing book. It may be a simpler, less ambitious work than "77 Dream Songs", but it is still an extraordinary volume of poems. Hilarious and sad, it is a disjointed autobiography conveyed in verse, and Berryman has some great stories to tell. However, though this work is more narrative than the Dream Songs, it never gets boring. Berryman is always doing something surprising with his language. Berryman boasts about his sexual conquests and reveals his utter (soon to be suicidal) despair. The pious "Addresses to the Lord" at the end of the book are a little hard to believe considering how proud the author is of his misbehavior, but even those poems are interesting and well worth savoring. I would also recommend Paul Mariani's biography of Berryman entitled "Dream Song". The story of this poet's life is inspiring, frightening, devastating, and beautiful. ... Read more

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Title: Eight takes.(Yvor Winters: Selected Poems)(John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems)(American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse)(Amy Lowell: Selected Poems)(Kenneth Fearing: Selected Poems)(Muriel Rukeyser: Selected Poems)(Karl Shapiro: Selected Poems)(John Berryman: Selected Poems)(books from Library of America's American Poets Project)(Book Review)
Author: David Orr
Publication: Poetry (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 187Issue: 3Page: 233(15)

Article Type: Book Review

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / General; Fiction / General; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Mystery ... Read more

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By the time I got to the office, I was jittery as a new bride. The day started out all wrong. I woke up weak and washed out. I was pathetic when I worked out with the weights--they felt as heavy as the Pyramids. And when I walked from the subway to the building where Mike Renner and I have our offices, an obvious telepath tailed me all the way. ... Read more

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WHAT A VOICE!
John Berryman himself compiled this selection from his published poetry, to serve as both an introduction to his work and a summary of his poetic career. The book consists of five sections, with poems from The Dispossessed (1948), His Thought Made Pockets (1958), Berryman's Sonnets (952, 1967), Homage To Mistress Bradstreet (1953) and The Dream Songs (1964, 1968). My favorite poems come mostly from The Dispossessed. These include The Moon And The Night And The Men with its chilling end line: "and the war goes on, and the moon in the breast of man is cold" and the two songs: The Song Of The Demented Priest and The Song Of The Tortured Girl. The latter appears to be about a girl undergoing electroshock therapy and also contains images about camping out in a mountain pass, with the mention of a winter when the young men stayed away. For some reason, this reminds me of John Cale's song Ski Patrol from his album Slow Dazzle - it has the same poignant feel, only in John Cale's song the ski patrol does come around to make sure everyone's alright. From Berryman's Sonnets, I love most Number 34 which starts out like a conversation between a man and his wife but develops into a chilling vision of the holiest of holies in Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. Strange and powerful indeed. JohnBerryman, Anne Sexton and Robert Lowell are my favorite poets in any language, for their evocative imagery and their rhythmic, flowing lines. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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"Don't let the old goat rattle you, Pheola," I said as we rode the elevator to the penthouse. "He'll try. Just remember, he is the one who has to say O.K. if we are to give you some training." ... Read more