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Overview
One of our most acclaimed poets wrestles with the issues - love, hope, memory, faith - that have occupied him "in the second half of my sixth decade on beautiful earth". The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog" named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog", and throughout this collection, Stern examines the long journey towards redemption and justice and the bitter struggle - and battle - over our minds and souls.
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- ISBN-13: 9780393038798
- ISBN-10: 0393038793
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: September 1995
- Dimensions: 8.61 x 6.08 x 0.68 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
- Page Count: 112
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