Ghost Girl

Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, Amy Gerstler's new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirty-seven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a CD of Beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudoscience, in the idea of an afterlife, in seances and magic--are all represented here. Entertaining and erudite, complex yet accessible, these poems will enhance Gerstler's reputation as an important contemporary poet.

Author: Amy Gerstler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 04/06/2004
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9780142000649


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