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Dearest Creature

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Dearest Creature

Contributors:

By (Author) Amy Gerstler

ISBN:

9780143116356

Publisher:

Penguin Putnam Inc

Imprint:

Penguin USA

Publication Date:

29th September 2009

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Poetry by individual poets

Dewey:

811.54

Prizes:

Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Poetry) 2009

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

96

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 5mm

Weight:

127g

Description

A surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and-blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely.

Author Bio

Amy Gerstler is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Paris Review and Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter Angel won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are Crown of Weeds, 1997, and Nerve Storm, 1993.

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