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"Half-Hazard is a book of near misses, would-be tragedies, and luck. As Kristen Tracy writes in the title poem, "Dangers here. Perils there. It'll go how it goes." The collection follows her wide curiosity, from growing up in a small Mormon farming community to her exodus into the forbidden world, where she finds snakes, car accidents, adulterers, meteors, and death-marked mice. These wry, observant narratives are accompanied by a ringing lyricism, and Tracy's knack for noticing what's so funny about trouble and her natural impulse to want to put all the broken things back together. Full of wrong turns, false loves, quashed beliefs, and a menagerie of animals, Half-Hazard introduces a vibrant new voice in American poetry, one of resilience, faith, and joy."--Amazon.com.… (más)
I am not someone who typically enjoys poems about animals. Kristen Tracy is one of my few exceptions. Tracy's poetry is grounded in the real world, yet manages to elevate the simple topics being explored towards a philosophical or even metaphysical clarity.
Favorite poems from this selection:
What Kind of Animal YMCA 1971 Cannibals and Carnivores Local News: Woman Dies in Chimney When Fate Is Looking for You An Analogy Stamps Vermont Collision ( )
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How could she have known that statistics show convincingly that when a bear attacks, the victim who fights back is likely to fare better than the one who plays dead? --Attacked! John Long, ed.
Goodness won't protect you; if you're too good you will die, but then it can be seen as a kind of reward. --Kathryn Davis, Hell
Dedicatoria
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for Alan Tracy (1977-1980) & Sheriann Tracy (1980-1995) This all could have been so different.
Primeras palabras
Citas
Últimas palabras
Aviso de desambiguación
Editores de la editorial
Blurbistas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"Half-Hazard is a book of near misses, would-be tragedies, and luck. As Kristen Tracy writes in the title poem, "Dangers here. Perils there. It'll go how it goes." The collection follows her wide curiosity, from growing up in a small Mormon farming community to her exodus into the forbidden world, where she finds snakes, car accidents, adulterers, meteors, and death-marked mice. These wry, observant narratives are accompanied by a ringing lyricism, and Tracy's knack for noticing what's so funny about trouble and her natural impulse to want to put all the broken things back together. Full of wrong turns, false loves, quashed beliefs, and a menagerie of animals, Half-Hazard introduces a vibrant new voice in American poetry, one of resilience, faith, and joy."--Amazon.com.
Favorite poems from this selection:
What Kind of Animal
YMCA 1971
Cannibals and Carnivores
Local News: Woman Dies in Chimney
When Fate Is Looking for You
An Analogy
Stamps
Vermont Collision ( )