The Truant Lover: Poems
Juliet Patterson
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Juliet Patterson's first collection of poems, The Truant Lover, selected by Jean Valentine, is a pastiche of American voices, a well of poems with passages that hint and nod at past poets while remaining wholly their own.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Nightboat Books
Publish Date
March 15, 2006
Pages
74
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.4 X 8.2 inches | 0.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780976718529
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About the Author
Juliet Patterson is also the author of THE TRUANT LOVER (Nightboat Books, 2006), THRENODY (Nightboat Books, 2016), and Dirge, a chapbook recently published by Albion Books. Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines including American Letters & Commentary, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, Knockout, and Verse.
Reviews
..".Patterson has crafted a far reaching first book that blends self-interrogation with metaphysical inquiry. Both Patterson and Nightboat show great promise.--Publisher's Weekly
"Juliet Patterson's poems are entirely themselves; they use time and the eye and tongue--all the body, as thought and insight, inside and outside history. The Truant Lover is a marvel."--Jean Valentine
Spare, pastoral, intimate, and probing, these musically exacting poems offer arresting insights: "Here's a world for today: // killing & not dying / fantastically, not lying." They question, invent, refer, divert, take flying risks. They are fluid, considered, dignified. They celebrate the human eye, mind, and tongue. It is a joy to have them in print.--Olga Broumas
"Juliet Patterson's poems are entirely themselves; they use time and the eye and tongue--all the body, as thought and insight, inside and outside history. The Truant Lover is a marvel."--Jean Valentine
Spare, pastoral, intimate, and probing, these musically exacting poems offer arresting insights: "Here's a world for today: // killing & not dying / fantastically, not lying." They question, invent, refer, divert, take flying risks. They are fluid, considered, dignified. They celebrate the human eye, mind, and tongue. It is a joy to have them in print.--Olga Broumas
