Confession
Volume 1997
Will be published approx. on 15. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-226-31274-3 (ISBN)
Description
Confession, the companion to Incontinence, Susan Hahn's previous prize-winning book of poetry, continues the probing, visceral account of the relationship of a woman with her estranged husband and her inconstant lovers. Ingenious, disturbing, Confession will enhance an already substantial following for this exceptional poet.
"Phoenix Poets is the most distinguished university press series going."-Alfred Corn
"Compressed, controlled, circumscribed by the artist's discipline, the poems in Susan Hahn's Confession do not spill over; each is like a steadily held cup containing its pain."-Alicia Ostriker
"Hahn's voice is unique and unforgettable . . . . Hahn's self-revelation is so startling, and her details so extraordinary, that she virtually detonates her poems with energy. . . . Plath, Ai, Sexton-Hahn brings to mind those vivid, violent poets, but her voice is clearly her own, strong and without either shrillness or shame."-Patricia Monaghan, Booklist
"In her third book of poems, Confession, Susan Hahn continues to refine her amazing capacity to disquiet, disgust and fascinate. This may not sound like a recommendation, but it is. . . . The precision of Hahn's language stands out even more clearly when compared to the looser, baggier free verse that dominates so much contemporary poetry."-Maureen McLane, Chicago Tribune
"Phoenix Poets is the most distinguished university press series going."-Alfred Corn
"Compressed, controlled, circumscribed by the artist's discipline, the poems in Susan Hahn's Confession do not spill over; each is like a steadily held cup containing its pain."-Alicia Ostriker
"Hahn's voice is unique and unforgettable . . . . Hahn's self-revelation is so startling, and her details so extraordinary, that she virtually detonates her poems with energy. . . . Plath, Ai, Sexton-Hahn brings to mind those vivid, violent poets, but her voice is clearly her own, strong and without either shrillness or shame."-Patricia Monaghan, Booklist
"In her third book of poems, Confession, Susan Hahn continues to refine her amazing capacity to disquiet, disgust and fascinate. This may not sound like a recommendation, but it is. . . . The precision of Hahn's language stands out even more clearly when compared to the looser, baggier free verse that dominates so much contemporary poetry."-Maureen McLane, Chicago Tribune
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-31274-3 (9780226312743)
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Person
Susan Hahn is the editor of TriQuarterly magazine and coeditor of TriQuarterly Books. She is the author of three books of poems: Harriet Rubin's Mother's Wooden Hand; Incontinence, which won the Society of Midland Authors poetry award; and Confession, all published by the University of Chicago Press.