Primer for non-native speakers / Philip Metres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metres, Philip, 1970- author.

Series:

Wick poetry chapbook series ; Three.

Wick Poetry Chapbook Series ; Three

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (40 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"After reading Primer for Non-Native Speakers, I feel like I've just come back from a trip to Russia. Philip Metres's brilliantly compressed lyrical narratives capture the grandeur and the bleakness of an almost mythological country, where a bronze statue of the great poet Pushkin now gazes out on the golden arches, and the swear of a slammed door is more expressive than a mouthful of words. These are subtle, accomplished, shimmering poems that explore the nuances of being an outsider in a language."-Maura Stanton

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Ashberries: Letters""; ""Primer for Non-Native Speakers""; ""Matryoshka, Memory""; ""Elk Island: Three Views""; ""Icon""; ""St. Basil, 1993""; ""Reunion/Insomnia at the Dacha""; ""Olga""; ""Days of 1993""; ""Post-Soviet Sestina (October 1996)""; ""From Sokolniky""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781612774015

1612774016

9781612774008

1612774008