The Devil's Cookbook
Poems
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-0-8071-3220-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the dark poetry of her newest collection, Sue Owen reflects on the devil's dreams, the hammering of the last nail in a coffin, and the brilliant death of a shooting star. Owen turns proverbial sayings (in Getting to the Point, Until Hell Freezes Over, or If the Other Shoe Drops) into fully developed parables that examine and elaborate upon the assumptions we all make. This is a cookbook with recipes that instruct, where hell becomes a kitchen of wisdom and insight. The heat in these poems reminds us of the evil in our contemporary lives and challenges us to look straight at it, without fear.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-3220-3 (9780807132203)
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Sue Owen's previous poetry collections are Nursery Rhymes for the Dead, The Book of Winter, and My Doomsday Sampler. She taught as Poet-in-Residence at Louisiana State University and received the Professional Artist of the Year Award from the Louisiana State Arts Council. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.