A Glossary of Chickens: Poems
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A Glossary of Chickens: Poems
By (Author) Gary J. Whitehead
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
21st May 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
811.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
72
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
113g
Description
With skillful rhetoric and tempered lyricism, the poems in A Glossary of Chickens explore, in part, the struggle to understand the world through the symbolism of words. Like the hens of the title poem, Gary J. Whitehead's lyrics root around in the earth searching for sustenance, cluck rather than crow, and possess a humble majesty. Confronting subj
Reviews
"Whitehead's poems are learned without being fussy, masterfully observant and complete. He provides a seriously good time... He is attentive in ways that offer a digestible, quirky adhesiveness... [L]ike Tobias Wolff or other contemporaries in that league, Whitehead blurs with perfection the line between story-telling and poetry... I repeat. Masterfully observant and complete."--Barbara Berman, Rumpus
Author Bio
Gary J. Whitehead is the author of two previous collections of poetry. His work has appeared in the "New Yorker" and has been featured on Garrison Keillor's public radio program the "Writer's Almanac". Whitehead teaches English at Tenafly High School in New Jersey and lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
