Publication

2015 - Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

19,250 words, Guess

Page Count

77 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivefarfetchedpoems0000john
  • ISBN-100374153590
  • ISBN-100374714088
  • ISBN-139780374153595
  • ISBN-139780374714086
and 5 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014031266
  • OCLC Control Number890310146
  • Better World Books9780374153595
  • Better World Books9780374714086
  • Open LibraryOL26482519M

Classifications

  • DDC811/.6
  • LCCPS3610.O385 A6 2015
  • LCCPS3610.O385A6 2015

Description

"A new collection from one of contemporary American poetry's finest craftsmen Through birdcalls and ancient songs, rain patter and a child's scribble, the poems in Far-Fetched "sound the empty space / to test how long / how far." They follow the contours of Appalachian hillsides, Missouri river bends, and remote Australian coastlines, tuning language to landscape. They register emotional life with great care; this is a work of fierce and delicate attention to the world. It is also poetry meant to be heard, alert to the pleasures of sound. As August Kleinzahler has observed, "In Devin Johnston's poetry every syllable is alive; the vowels and consonants combine to make a distinctive, lovely, austere music.""-- "A new collection of poems from a poet attendant to the nuances of the natural world"--

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  • Far-fetched: poemsFarrar, Straus, Giroux2015-01-01

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