Kinky
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Book Overview
I'd buy this book just for the cover, but the poems are even twice as wonderful. Denise Duhamel has apparently obsessed for months about the Barbie doll phenomenon: all the poems have to do with the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0914061615
ISBN13:9780914061618
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Orchises Press
Length:90 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Customer Reviews
6 ratings
Witty, cutting, thought-provoking
Published by songbirdgirl , 1 year ago
The headline says it all. These poems are in turn funny and heartbreaking, weird and satisfying, and make the reader pause after reading each one. Highly, highly reccomend!
It's a STITCH!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I've read all of Denise Duhamel's collections of poetry. _Kinky_ is the funniest, most focussed, most controlled, least self-absorbed, most accomplished of them all. I've given it to friends and shared it with my family, and we all absolutely love it.
Ms Duhamel not only deconstucts Barbie but all America
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
First off this is one of the funniest books of serious petry ever written. Second, using Barbie to show all the hypocracy and flaws in our culture and society works wonderfully. Third the empathy the poems show for those of us, for whatever reason, don't fit the Barbie and Ken mode is truly touching.
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The book explores the issues of gender, beauty, religion, and effects of imperialism and corporatization with cutting and savvy humor. A quick and pleasurable read.
Watch out Mattel!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Perhaps you should hire Duhamel to design the next Barbie? Her poems are funnier than most stand-up comic routines! Each is a twisted little Barbie fantasy--a grown-up playing with the doll. Listen in on Barbie's therapy sessions, which, perhaps, are not all that different from your own. Duhamel deconstructs Barbie with tenderness--no small feat for a book of satire.
Kinky is an excellent, lively collection of poems
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
An entire book of poems about Barbie dolls? You bet, and you bet it's good. Duhamel approaches these overly-proportioned pieces of plastic with a mixture of childhood enjoyment and deep cynicism which will wash you away with both the humor and the tragedy you didn't know were there. This book is fantastic, it's poetry that's not just alive, it's brighter than a pink taffeta ball gown.
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