| Description |
73 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I. Present ; Angel with the broken wing ; Prophecy ; Reunion ; Road ; Shopping ; Lunatic, the lover, and the poet -- II. Prayer at winter solstice ; Finding a box of family letters ; Freeways considered as Earth gods ; Las animas / from the Italian of Mario Luzi ; Hunt / from the Italian of Mario Luzi ; Seven deadly sins ; Autumn inaugural ; Special treatments ward -- III. Haunted -- IV. Words for music. Pity the beautiful ; Heart of the matter ; Cold San Francisco ; Four songs from Tony Caruso's final broadcast ; Marketing department trio ; Maria Callas's aria ; Tony's last aria ; Final duet -- V. The apple orchard ; On the shore / from the Italian of Mario Luzi ; Being happy ; Coat ; Argument ; My love, don't believe / from the Italian of Bartolo Cattafi ; These little birds / from the Italian of Bartolo Cattafi ; After a line of Neruda ; Who's there? ; Starting over ; Majority. |
| Summary |
"Pity the Beautiful is Dana Gioia?s first new poetry book in over a decade. Its emotional revelations and careful construction are hard won, inventive, and resilient. These new poems show Gioia?s craftsmanship at its finest, its most mature, as they make music, crack wise, remember the dead, and in a long, central poem even tell ghost stories." -- from publisher's website. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 21st century.
|
|
American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Added Title |
Poems. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016121311
|
| ISBN |
9781555976132 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
|
1555976131 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
|
