Powerless
Selected Poems 1973-1990
Published on 4. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-1-85242-407-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tim Dlugos, recognized as one of the finest post-New York School poets to be published in the 1970s and 1980s, died of AIDS as he was writing his strongest work - poems about the disease itself. Powerless, which includes those final poems, also goes back to Dlugos' earlier books to create a stunning retrospective.
Reviews / Votes
Tim Dlugos talks just like you and me, except that behind the landlocked talk can be heard maritime singing; above, between, beyond the familiar names of friends and places, the memories of dreams and the dream of a real life, a wild tense song rings out? Edmund White '...will outlast the trends and secure a place in the so-called canon if for no other reason than for the brilliant, complete, unique and sometimes sublime pleasure it affords * Dennis Cooper *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-407-7 (9781852424077)
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