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Twelve years of grade school, a BA in English, an MFA in Poetry, and three years of teaching college composition soured me on institutional learning, so I started www.zverina.com/bestbooks/ to serve as a 21st century syllabus for homeschoolers and self-educators. The reviews posted here are reprinted from my amazon associates site, the proceeds from which go to support my evergrowing web art proje… Read moreTwelve years of grade school, a BA in English, an MFA in Poetry, and three years of teaching college composition soured me on institutional learning, so I started www.zverina.com/bestbooks/ to serve as a 21st century syllabus for homeschoolers and self-educators. The reviews posted here are reprinted from my amazon associates site, the proceeds from which go to support my evergrowing web art project, Picture of the Day. Please do visit my site for unconventional photojournalism and reviews not found here. Thanks!
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A charming history of gay life in New York City (and by extension, the world) from 1940-1996. Scholars will dig the history, gossips will exult in learning who was doing whom. It has those tersely journalistic minichapters that keep you reading "just one more" until three in the morning. A good book for toilet visits, subway reads (about two stops to digest a section), or curling up on the couch by an open window in winter waiting for snow. It is by turns witty, lurid, hilarious, informative, erotic, and touching--all the elements which comprise daily life in New York City. The Gay Metropolis is an intellectual turn-on, whether you're gay, straight or in between. You don't have to… Read more
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In the tradition of William Blake, sumptuous paintings and drawings complement rather than describe the poems. Chosen by Drooker, the selections reflect the painter's political activism, but "Howl," "Sunflower Sutra," and "On Neal's Ashes" all are here, as are other lesser-known poems such as "When the Light Appears," which is featured on the Cornershop album When I Was Born for the 7th Time.
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As spare as they are, most of Carver's short stories strike me as a bit long-winded. Not so his poetry, which treats his usual themes--alcoholism, working-class poverty, and rocky relationships--with greater wit and vigor than his prose. The essays will be of interest to would-be writers and Carver biographers, but what makes this book outstanding is the 60 pages of poetry which comprise its heart.
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