
Portrait in a Spoon
Poems by James Cummins
James Cummins(Author)
University of South Carolina Press
Published on 30. July 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-57003-192-2 (ISBN)
Description
These poems explore the uses and abuses of language as it intersects the uses and abuses of power. They investigate the question of identity - the illusions we sustain, the passions we conceal, and the stories that surround both.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57003-192-2 (9781570031922)
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Person
James Cummins was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Cleveland and Indianapolis. He is curator of the Ellison Poetry Collection at the University of Cincinnati, where he also teaches. His first volume of poems, The Whole Truth was published in 1986.