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Overview
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, Stern wrestles with the issueshope, memory, faiththat have always occupied him. Sharing with a John Ashbery poem, "Hot Dog" received the 1996 best poem award from The American Poetry Review.
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- ISBN-13: 9780393316308
- ISBN-10: 0393316300
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: June 1997
- Dimensions: 8.23 x 5.51 x 0.45 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
- Page Count: 122
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