Sad Little Breathing Machine: Poems
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- Synopsis
- Harvey, whose debut collection was praised by the New Yorker as "intensely visual, mournfully comic and syntactically inventive," offers her second stunning collection. In "Sad Little Breathing Machine," Matthea Harvey explores the strange and intricate mechanics of human systems-of the body, of thought, of language itself. These are the engines, like poetry, that propel both our comprehension and misunderstanding. "If you're lucky," Harvey writes, "after a number of / revolutions, you'll / feel something catch. " "I pictured myself arriving at an amusement park, only none of the rides are familiar. I considered running away. I could break my neck or be catapulted into the sky. I might never be seen again. It's only poetry, I reminded myself, and climbed on board. I'm tossed and bucked and jabbed and lashed and flipped. I'm having a nearly insane amount of fun, and I don't want it to ever end. "--James Tate
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 82 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781555973964
- Publisher:
- Graywolf Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/30/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Graywolf Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jon Pielaet
- Proofread By:
- Ali Al-Hajamy
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.