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Interviews with the poet Philip Levine on the subject of his poetry
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Poetry. This new edition of UNSELECTED POEMS--a consistent SPD bestseller since its original publication--gathers the poems left out of SELECTED POEMS and NEW SELECTED POEMS. I really think he is extraordinary, a visionary of our dense, troubled, mysterious times. The grittiest and most brutal of his poems I would not hesitate to call ineffable--Joyce Carol Oates. ... Read more

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A compelling second collection of poetry. ... Read more

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The overarching theme of Discourse and Technology is cutting-edge in the field of linguistics: multimodal discourse. This volume opens up a discussion among discourse analysts and others in linguistics and related fields about the two-fold impact of new communication technologies: The impact on how discourse data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed-and the impact that these technologies are having on social interaction and discourse. As inexpensive tape recorders allowed the field to move beyond text, written or printed language, to capture talk-discourse as spoken language-the information explosion (including cell phones, video recorders, Internet chat rooms, online journals, and the like) has moved those in the field to recognize that all discourse is, in various ways, "multimodal," constructed through speech and gesture, as well as through typography, layout, and the materials employed in the making of texts. ... Read more

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This is a rare and beautiful lyric poem through the medium of photography. Richard Copeland Miller's haunting images reveal his incisive and compassionate vision of the mysteries and realities of everyday life. The book brings together profound images from the streets and countryside of Europe in a touching portrayal of the human condition. With an unflinching yet sensitive eye, Miller captures the random dramas of daily existence, interspersing the sweetness of life with the struggle for survival. Miller's photographs reveal the movement and rhythm of life, the fleeting details and mysteries unfolding in common places and chance moments. His photographs embody the ineffable spirit of every man, every woman, and every child who fights for life in a troubled world. Miller's Photographs, glimpses of brief moments in time, are revealing in their depth as they expose truths, half-truths, and sometimes imagined stories. ... Read more

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Captured images famed within an historical context
Passage: Europe is an impressive, powerful, at times surprising coffee table artbook compendium of 80 superbly produced black and white photographs byRichard Copeland Miller as he traveled for years throughout Europe. With his artist's eye Miller captures the unplanned and unexpected dramas of everyday life ranging from the joyous experiences of ordinary people to horrific images of the Holocaust. Very highly recommended for photography students, and an ideal Memorial Fund selection for community libraries, Passage: Europe is enhanced with an insightful, informative introduction by Philip Levine revealing the core of Miller's photographic vision and his captured images famed within an historical context. ... Read more

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In this “characteristically wise” (The New York Times Book Review) collection from one of our most celebrated poets, Philip Levine brings us finely made, powerfully telling imagery from the worlds of hand, heart, and mind. ... Read more

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Dr. Alan Severance wakes up one morning confined to a familiarhospital with no recollection of his arrival. Thus starts Recovery,Berryman’s semi-autobiographical tale of "the disease called‘alcoholism.’" This time, determined to free himself from hisdisease, Dr. Severance plunges into a rigorous plan forrecovery. Following the clinic’s advice he confesses his humiliations,defeats, and delusions in an attempt to purge himself and achievenormality. The novel is elevated above the ordinary by Berryman’ssharp wit and penetrating intelligence. An alcoholic and criticallyacclaimed Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Berryman jumped to his deathoff the Washington Avenue Bridge in 1972 in Minneapolis, abandoninghis own attempts to overcome alcoholism as well as the yet unfinishedRecovery. The resulting novel is a powerful portrayal of Severance’seternally indefinite attempts to free himself from the grip ofaddiction. ... Read more

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This is treatment?
Philistine that I am, I am not surprised to find myself out of my league when reading great poets; so when the first few chapters of this book of prose seemed incomprehensible I began to feel, once again, in over my head. I continued to read, however, and slowly I was able to make sense of what I was reading as the abstract language of a sick artist fell away to reveala concrete human plight.Ironically neither this book nor John's recovery reached a conclusion, the book was published unedited by the author, posthumously - unfortunately John ended his life and his struggle with alcohol shortly after the events that inspired the book took place.I was horrified by the few lucid descriptions of what life is like in a treatment center, an asylum run by the inmates (former inmates), where the cure was browbeating and humiliating confrontation. Having struggled with alcohol myself, I am grateful that I never checked into one of these indoctrination camps.But then again I am an unqualified critic in denial!

Intriguing, self-lacerating, hopeful novel of victory over addiction
John Berryman was working on "Recovery" when he died, and in these pages there is hope of some ultimate victory over addiction. In the character of Alan Severance is the thinly-veiled personality of the poet himself, self-deprecating and perfectionist, attempting to overcome despair in a hospitalized addict's routine of recognition and confrontation. It is by no means an uplifting triumph to acknowledge that he got this far in the struggle -- but that he got this far, and then despaired, says much about the power of alcohol to ruin even the power of hope. This novel will change any romantic notions the reader may have about art and the role of drugs in the life of any artist. ... Read more