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Building a City for Jamie
Overview
Penelope Shuttle is a law unto herself. She writes strange, brilliant, sometimes outrageous, funny, sad, poetry, which then suddenly moves one with its utter clarity. This collection, her sixth, has an element of disturbance: the approach of middle age, the growing-up of a daughter, underly the poems, which nevertheless still lead the reader in and out of a world where senses are pristine. In the title-poem, one of several story and dream poems, the poet paints a 'city for Jamie', to please some universal or godlike child. The results of this imaginary poem-building are magnificent.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780192825179
- ISBN-10: 0192825178
- Publisher: Carcanet Press
- Publish Date: May 1996
- Dimensions: 8.45 x 5.42 x 0.22 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.21 pounds
- Page Count: 64
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