The Dead Alive and Busy
Alan Shapiro
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Description
In his sixth book of poems, Alan Shapiro once again shows that he is a master at articulating the secrets of the heart. The Dead Alive and Busy deals with issues of personal identity as revealed through examining the intimate bonds of family life. The poems explore these familial relations in terms of the religious, social, and literary contexts that inform them, delving into such universal themes as human frailty, illness and death, bereavement, and thwarted desires. By turns lyrical and narrative, slangy and elevated, analytical and visionary, this collection showcases one of America's most important poets in his top form. Praise for Alan Shapiro: "Shapiro is a shrewd and sympathetic moralist. He never trivializes his subjects with high-minded flourishes or stylistic gimmicks."--J. D. McClatchy, New York Times Book Review
Product Details
Price
$31.20
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publish Date
April 03, 2000
Pages
89
Dimensions
6.18 X 0.38 X 8.49 inches | 0.32 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780226750514
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About the Author
Alan Shapiro teaches poetry and creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of a collection of essays, In Praise of the Impure: Poetry and the Ethical Imagination (1993), and four previous books of poetry, including the award-winning Happy Hour (1987).