Riffs
Published on 15. October 1993
66 pages
978-1-77131-243-1 (ISBN)
Description
Riffs is the story of a passionate love affair, told in vintage Lee style -- with whoops, deep chords, and headlong improvisational arcs. We hear Bach, Bo Diddley, Bird; the news is heartache and being. Celebratory, catastrophic, the poem tracks ways in which eros and our lives are made mutually accountable.
Riffs is a landmark achievement from the poet of Civil Elegies and The Gods.
Published in 1993, this was Dennis Lee's first book of adult poetry in 14 years.
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Dennis Lee has written more than twenty books of poetry, including Civil Elegies, which won the Governor General's Literary Award, and Alligator Pie, the children's classic. His most recent collection of poems is Testament. Brick Books published his poetry collection Riffs in 1992 and is presenting a new edition in 2015 as the Brick Books Classics 3.
Content
- Cover Page
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- About the Author
