Black Aperture
(Part of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets Series)
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2013 National Book Award Finalist In his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother?s suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In ?Outgoing,? the speaker erases his brother?s answering machine message to save his family from ?the shame of dead you / answering calls.? In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, ?a flower...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080715086X
ISBN13:9780807150863
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:72 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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