
Some Divine Commotion
David Denny(Author)
SHANTI ARTS LLC (Publisher)
Published on 10. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-1-947067-18-9 (ISBN)
Description
Dana Gioia has described David Denny as "a poet who finds the miraculous in everyday experience." To be sure, there are poems in this new collection that reveal the numinous with startling precision. But Some Divine Commotion also expands Denny's poetic territory into internal and external realms not commonly explored in contemporary verse. Each of the book's sections examines large themes-love and loss, imagination and spirituality, art and nature-in unexpected ways, ranging in style from lyrical rumination to extended narrative to pithy dialogue. By turns witty, sad, playful, and wise, these poems carry their wisdom lightly, never failing to entertain. Reading this book, we hear the voice of a versatile American poet singing his redemption songs.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947067-18-9 (9781947067189)
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David Denny is the author of Fool in the Attic (Aldrich Press, 2013) and Plebeian on the Front Porch (Finishing Line Press, 2012). His poems and short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Atlanta Review, California Quarterly, Iodine Poetry Journal, Pearl, and The Sun. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and an MAT degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is Professor of English at De Anza College.