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Storm swimmer / Ernest Hilbert.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PS3608.I4175 S76 2023
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hilbert, Ernest, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 30.
- Number 30 in the Vassar Miller prize in poetry series
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 75 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "In poems that celebrate survival and renewal, Ernest Hilbert summons the ageless conflict between human affection and the passing of time, recognizing that all we love must eventually disappear. Tender poems of fatherhood weigh against unsettling explorations of natural dangers and intimations of bodily harm. From porn sets to seedy gun ranges and heavy metal tribute nights in crumbling theaters, Hilbert's eye roves over the desolation and beauty of contemporary America, all the while feeling the irresistible pull of water-what Melville called "the ungraspable phantom of life." His poems return again and again to rivers, lakes, and the sea, there to find "a universe that loves the dark," one that "bears you up as if you had no weight.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2022
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of the publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hilbert, Ernest, 1970- Storm swimmer
- ISBN:
- 9781574418958
- 1574418955
- OCLC:
- 1346125766
- Publisher Number:
- 40031670367
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