
Powers and Boundaries
Poems
Thomas Reiter(Author)
Louisiana State University Press
Published on 19. August 2004
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-8071-2999-9 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Reiter's new book of poems demonstrates faith in the ability of the human voice to shape memory - its powers and boundaries, freedoms and limitations - into enduring form. A variety of speakers on these pages, including invented, historical, contemporary, and familial figures, and settings from the New Jersey Pine Barrens to islands of the Caribbean. Their stories form an interplay of impasse and minor epiphany botanical lore grounds their lives. The language of Powers and Boundaries reflects Reiter's trademark clarity, authenticity of tone and detail, and aptness of expression but also reaches a new level of wit, urgency, and descriptive power.
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"Probably the finest poet-botanizer since Robert Frost. [He] can read a landscape and name what's there." - Brendar Galvin, Tar-River Poetry"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-2999-9 (9780807129999)
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Person
Thomas Reiter is the author of four books of poetry, including Pearly Everlasting. He lives in Neptune, New Jersey, and is a professor of English and the Wayne D. McMurray. Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Monmouth University.