Fragments in Search of Him [deconstructing Megraw]

Name: Fragments in Search of Him [deconstructing Megraw]
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ISBN: 9780595408467

ISBN-10: 059540846X

ISBN-13: 9780595408467

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Swartz

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"FRAGments" is a book-length poem addressing, albeit obliquely, the fate of a glittering young man who departed the poet's world, first, from college in 1960, and then, later, by death, from a strangely prescient Vietnam, in 1967. Megraw, beyond just memory, haunts five hard decades. The "hazel eyes, the perfect teeth, the preppy suits, the ease, the careless conversation, the impossible glitter" survive as simply "FRAGments." The search is unending. "[Here. Oh. Sorry. No. Sorry. I am very sorry.] Deceased." A Friday morning phone call in 1982 and the concluding ["There. JUST . . . seed"] are vivid testimony to the poet's powerful but largely fruitless task of "deconstruction." On the…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.27" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English