Bringing the Shovel Down

Name: Bringing the Shovel Down
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ISBN: 9780822991199

ISBN-10: 0822991195

ISBN-13: 9780822991199

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ross Gay

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Bringing the Shovel Down is a re-imagination of the violent mythologies of state and power. "These poems speak out of a global consciousness as well as an individual wisdom that is bright with pity, terror, and rage, and which asks the reader to realize that she is not alone--that the grief he carries is not just his own. Gay is a poet of conscience, who echoes Tomas Transtromer's 'We do not surrender. But want peace.'" --Jean Valentine "Ross Gay is some kind of brilliant latter-day troubadour whose poetry is shaped not only by yearning but also play and scrutiny, melancholy and intensity. I might be shocked by the bold, persistent love throughout Bringing the Shovel Down if I wasn't so…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 1/23/2011
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 80
Language: English