After the Invocation
"John N. Miller continues to join seamlessly the three focuses of his work: boyhood in Hawai'i, adulthood in central Ohio, and World War II in both Pacific and European theaters. His Hawai'ian poems here (Section III) are extensions and enrichments of those in Second World War in Hawai'i (2005) and the third section of his previous book, In Passing (2014). "Ballad of the White Rose" cuts to the center of the gruesome Nazi oppression. The Ohio experiences are complemented by poems set in his current retirement community in Virginia (see "Piano Andantino"). Miller's wit and learning are wide-ranging, from Pegasus to "naghood," from Quixote to Ahab. He is equally skilled and inventive in a variety of closed verse forms ("Sir Penmore Meets the Giant") and open ones ("Torch Fishers," "Winter Operation"), and with characters as diverse as Penelope and the urban homeless. His often caustic voice has embedded in it gentleness and empathy, as grain in wood ("Tearing Through Vienna"). I would single out in this new collection Miller's reimagining of classical myths, and events and figures in American history. Note, for instance, Icarus's fall into an oil slick, and Venus's bawdy riff from her half-shell, as well as his take on Ben Franklin ("An American in Paris"). After the Invocation is full of surprises, delight, and wisdom. John Miller is a "connoisseur of the old art of survival," a vital presence in American poetry."--DABNEY STUART, author of Only the One Sky
yazar | John N Miller |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.2 x 0.55 x 22.9 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 16 Aralık 2016 |
3 Ocak 2017 19,5 x 1 x 13,5 cm B M Bower 1 Ocak 2017 4 Ocak 2017 Jack London 28 Şubat 2018 1 Ocak 2018 1 x 13,5 x 19,5 cm 15,2 x 0,7 x 22,9 cm Kolektif 19,5 x 13,5 cm H. G. Wells G. A. Henty 15,2 x 0,6 x 22,9 cm 5 Ocak 2017 1 x 13,5 x 21 cm F Scott Fitzgerald
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yazar | John N Miller |
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isbn 10 | 1936671417 |
isbn 13 | 978-1936671410 |
Yayımcı | Pinyon Publishing |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.2 x 0.55 x 22.9 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı After the Invocation | 16 Aralık 2016 |
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