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Together and by ourselves / Alex Dimitrov.
Van Pelt Library PS3604.I4648 A6 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dimitrov, Alex, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 99 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Together and by Ourselves, Alex Dimitrov's second book of poems, takes on broad existential questions and the reality of our current moment: being seemingly connected to one another, yet emotionally alone. Through a collage aesthetic and a multiplicity of voices, these poems take us from coast to coast, New York to LA, and toward uneasy questions about intimacy, love, death, and the human spirit. Dimitrov critiques America's long-lasting obsessions with money, celebrity, and escapism-whether in our personal, professional, or family lives. What defines a life? Is love ever enough? Who are we when together and who are we by ourselves? These questions echo throughout the poems, which resist easy answers. The voice is both heartfelt and skeptical, bruised yet playful, and always deeply introspective"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- You Were Blond Once 3
- I
- Together and by Ourselves 7
- Always 9
- Seduction and its Immediate Consequences 11
- Champagne 13
- Cocaine 14
- Chance Visitors 16
- Today 17
- Affairs 18
- The 25th Hour 19
- The 13th Month 20
- Poem with William 21
- Lifetime 23
- The Hall of Mirrors 24
- II
- Famous and Nowhere 27
- The Standard 29
- The Last Luxury, JFK Jr. 31
- Lindsay Lohan 33
- Los Angeles, NY 35
- American Money 36
- American Nothing 37
- Jesus in Hollywood 38
- Elvis in New York 40
- July Fourth 42
- Speeding Down the FDR 43
- Speeding Down PCH 45
- End of Summer 46
- III
- In the New Century I Gave You My Name 49
- A Living 50
- Out of Some Other Paradise 51
- The Past Remembers You Differently 52
- All the Way Up I Took Myself 54
- Some New Thing 55
- All Apologies 56
- Birthday 58
- Perfect Day 59
- False Spring 61
- Central Park 62
- New Year 63
- Gentleman's Hour 64
- IV
- Nights with People, Days Without 67
- Night Call 68
- Strangers and Friends 70
- Tonight 72
- People 73
- Lines for People after the Party 74
- Alone Together 76
- Together Alone 77
- Bloodless 78
- Vacation with Death 80
- Water 81
- Handsome View of a Lifetime 83
- Biography 85
- V
- Days and Nights 89.
- ISBN:
- 9781556595103
- 1556595107
- OCLC:
- 959036266
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