The Helens of Troy, New York
Bernadette Mayer
(Author)
Description
Part of our revived "Poetry Pamphlet Series", All the Helens of Troy is Bernadette Mayers's profile of all of the Helens living in Troy, New York, done with poems and images, mixing the classical with the ordinary and delightful intelligence with irreverence.
An excerpt:
everybody died
there's nothing more to say
my hair's braided like a family
i took off, it was fun, i loved it
if you did something wrong, they punished you
one helen is enough, trust me
Product Details
Price
$11.95
$11.11
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
March 26, 2013
Pages
48
Dimensions
6.02 X 0.2 X 8.97 inches | 0.19 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811220422
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About the Author
Called "a consummate poet" by Robert Creeley, Bernadette Mayer was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1945. A most prolific poet, her first book was published at the age of twenty-three. Many texts later she continues to write progressive poetry from her home in East Nassau, New York. For many years Mayer lived and worked on the Lower East Side of Manhattan where she was the Director of St. Mark's Poetry Project from 1980-1984. Bernadette Mayer has received grants and awards from PEN American Center, The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, the NEA, The Academy of American Poets, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
