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Mayakovsky's Revolver : Poems by Matthew Dickman (2012, Hardcover)

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Mayakovsky's Revolver, Hardcover by Dickman, Matthew, ISBN 0393081192, ISBN-13 9780393081190, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The author uses his art to come to terms with his older brother's suicide in a collection of poems that explore how to find strength in the face of loss and grief.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393081192

ISBN-139780393081190

eBay Product ID (ePID)114221237

Product Key Features

Book TitleMayakovsky's Revolver : Poems

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2012

GenrePoetry

AuthorMatthew Dickman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight9.1 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-018170

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A book of real immediacy, the kind that re-enacts modern life with all its joys and sorrows." -- NPR "His poems . . . strike at the soul." -- Vanity Fair "Matthew Dickman's poems go off like a bottle rocket." -- New Criterion

Dewey Decimal811.6

Synopsisfrom "Mayakovsky's Revolver" I keep thinking about the way blackberries will make the mouth of an eight year old look like he's a ghost that's been shot in the face. In the dark I can see my older brother walking through the tall brush of his brain. I can see him standing in the lobby of the hotel, alone, crying along with the ice machine., From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark., At the center of Mayakovsky's Revolver is the suicide of Matthew Dickman's older brother. "Known for poems of universality of feeling, expressive lyricism of reflection, and heartrending allure" (Major Jackson), Dickman is a powerful poet whose new collection explores how to persevere in the wake of grief. from "Mayakovsky's Revolver" I keep thinking about the way blackberries will make the mouth of an eight year old look like he's a ghost that's been shot in the face. In the dark I can see my older brother walking through the tall brush of his brain. I can see him standing in the lobby of the hotel, alone, crying along with the ice machine.

LC Classification NumberPS3604.I2988M39 2012