Author

Publication

2017 - W.W. Norton & Company, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

25,000 words, Guess

Page Count

100 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780393608625
  • Open LibraryOL27240291M

Classifications

  • DDC811/.6
  • LCCPS3602.O8375 A6 2017
  • LCCPS3602.O8375A6 2017

Description

At the center of Tough Luck is a poem about the ill-fated I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis and its disastrous collapse, which killed 13 people and injured 145. The freighted, swiftly moving poems in Tough Luck crisscross the chasm between peril and safety as if between opposing riverbanks, revealing a frequently heart-stopping view of the muscled waters below. Marriage, family, home all come crashing down, but Todd Boss rebuilds with his trademark musicality and "a reverent gusto for representing the tactile aspects of human life" (Tony Hoagland).From "In the End a Gardener":is what we want in our corner of paradise. Someone alert to the slant of one hour of afternoon sunlight or other,who knows what to plant there,knows what will thrive.

Subjects

Topics

PoetryIdiomsFamiliesAmerican poetryBridge failuresEnglish languageFamilies -- Poetry

Times

Other Editions

  • Tough luck: poemsW.W. Norton & Company2017-01-01

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