The Preacher: A Poem (Quarternote Chapbook Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932511547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Preacher is packed with wonderful details that enhance the underlying image of the speaker Gerald Stern's long poem, The Preacher, rivals his 1981/82 award winning poem published in The Paris Review - "Father Guzman." The Preacher is lyrical very much in the manner of his other long poem "Hotdog" which appeared in Odd Mercy. Stern has the ability to carry a long narrative with a lyrical intensity while addressing the mundane, the crude, and the spiritual with a sense of reverence and respect. The dramatic tale advances the idea of justice in a world that has little mercy - a theme recurrent in Stern's opus. The Preacher is pack
About the AuthorStern is the author of fourteen books, including This Time, which won the 1998 National Book Award. He is the recipient of the Lamont Poetry Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize, the 2005 Wallace Stevens Award, and the 2005 National Jewish Book Award. In 2006, Stern was named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
In 2006, Stern was named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.. He is the recipient of the Lamont Poetry Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize, the 2005 Wallace Stevens Award, and the 2005 National Jewish Book Award. Stern is the author of fourteen books, including This Time, which won the 1998 National Book Award
“The Preacher’s a poem with polyphonic voices, enormous range, and many of Stern’s familiar icons: his animism, his city grit, his philosophical fragments, his irony and justice quest, his reaching for the strain of memory.”—Ira SadoffGerald Stern is the author of fourteen poetry books, including This Time: New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 National Book Award. He taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop for fifteen years, and he is the r