Dear, Sincerely
David Hernandez
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
David Hernandez's Dear, Sincerely is his most intimate and dynamic collection to date, bringing the reader into poems that are simultaneously personal and universal, and sometimes political. With his characteristic dreamlike imagery, inventive rhythms, and biting wit, Hernandez's voice reaches toward us with an accessible profundity. Dear, Sincerely is an imaginative book that explores the Self, the collective We, the cosmos, and the murky division that separates one from the other.
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publish Date
March 01, 2016
Pages
80
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.9 X 0.2 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780822964070
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About the Author
David Hernandez is the author of Dear, Sincerely; Hoodwinked, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry; Always Danger, winner of the Crab Orchard Series Award; and A House Waiting for Music. He has been awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship and two Pushcart Prizes. His poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, Southern Review, and The Best American Poetry. He is also the author of two YA novels, No More Us for You and Suckerpunch, both published by HarperCollins. David teaches creative writing at California State University, Long Beach and is married to writer Lisa Glatt.
Reviews
"By turns humorous, whimsical, and provocative, Hernandez arranges this book around epistolary salutations and valedictions, with titles like "Dear Professor" and "Dear Proofreader." . . . The best of these resemble Neruda's odes, in which everyday objects absorb human emotions to become perfectly personified. . . A curious, kaleidoscopic work of poetic intelligence."
--Booklist
"Dear everyone, you should read David Hernandez's new book, because 'Dear, Sincerely' is a generous and inventive invitation to laughter. All of the poems in this collection possess the same qualities that great letters possess: they are entertaining and still honest, immediate, and intimate."
--Rain Taxi
"A monster book of poems. Hernandez is a monster poet. These love letters are giant poems cutting a big path right into your central nervous system, once there they'll reset the jog. Hernandez doesn't care about you, he will happily make you laugh or cry on whim with his wicked wit. A solid stream of great ideas rendered poetic."
--Today's Book of Poetry
--Booklist
"Dear everyone, you should read David Hernandez's new book, because 'Dear, Sincerely' is a generous and inventive invitation to laughter. All of the poems in this collection possess the same qualities that great letters possess: they are entertaining and still honest, immediate, and intimate."
--Rain Taxi
"A monster book of poems. Hernandez is a monster poet. These love letters are giant poems cutting a big path right into your central nervous system, once there they'll reset the jog. Hernandez doesn't care about you, he will happily make you laugh or cry on whim with his wicked wit. A solid stream of great ideas rendered poetic."
--Today's Book of Poetry
"Hernandez writes in the voice of a mayfly at the end of his 24 hours on Earth. Doorknobs, mylar balloons, and team mascots get similarly imaginative attention in this spectacular collection."
--Santa Barbara Independent
