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GARY MCDOWELL

Autor(a) de Caesura: Essays

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Obras de GARY MCDOWELL

Caesura: Essays (2017) 5 cópias
They Speak of Fruit (2009) 4 cópias

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"... In hauntingly small lives / we assemble this loop, this curl where / all flesh is not alike, where all shadows / mistrust the darkness ..." (p. 29)

Taking a cue from the Romantics, McDowell's lyrical poems do their damnedest to rub away our foolishly conceived dichotomy between man and nature. He opts for more surreal tactics than his possible inspirators, and immerses the human experience into a surreal realm of winged things that sing, seethe, and succumb to death. With these vivid images, McDowell urges the reader to reflect on the temporal quality and tiny scale of his own existence, and his place in the still wild and untamed macrocosm of the world. A short chapbook with a strong focus that allows for some magnificent images to rise out of the page, images that unnerve and astound.… (mais)
 
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poetontheone | Feb 26, 2011 |

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3
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10
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3