The Book of Men
Dorianne Laux
(Author)
Description
Dorianne Laux's fifth collection of poetry peels back time to the summer of love and the Vietnam War. Her keen hindsight uncovers the humanity at the center of conflict with language that goes straight to the heart. This work stands as an elegy for the loss of innocence, an homage to the glimmer underneath the urban grunge, and a love song to the imperfections that unite and divide us. Laux possesses what Tony Hoagland calls "the brave art of looking," with an immediate and compassionate touch.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
August 06, 2012
Pages
91
Dimensions
5.4 X 0.3 X 8.0 inches | 0.25 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393342659
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About the Author
Dorianne Laux teaches poetry in the Program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University and is a founding faculty member of Pacific University's Low Residency MFA Program. A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a recipient of the Paterson Prize, she lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Reviews
Laux's superb language and use of metaphor read as insightful and effortless.
[Laux is] continually engaging and, at her best, luminous.
The Book of Men...makes us grateful once again for poetry's capacity for rescue.--B. H. Fairchild
The poetry of Dorianne Laux is essential.--Nick Flynn
[Laux is] continually engaging and, at her best, luminous.
The Book of Men...makes us grateful once again for poetry's capacity for rescue.--B. H. Fairchild
The poetry of Dorianne Laux is essential.--Nick Flynn
