num_pages: 63
description: Body Rags contains the bulk of Kinnell’s most praised and anthologized poems. Using animal experiences to explore human consciousness, Kinnell poems such as “The Bear” feature frank and often unlovely images. Kinnell’s embrace of the ugly is well-considered, though. "The bud stands for all things, even those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;"....... Galway Kinnell is the author of ten books of poetry, including The Book of Nightmares, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone, Imperfect Thirst, and most recently A New Selected Poems and Strong is Your Hold. He also published a novel, Black Light; a selection of interviews, Walking Down the Stairs; and a book for children, as well as translations of works by Yves Bonnefoy, Yvan Goll, Francois Villon and Rainer Maria Rilke.
language: English
title: Body Rags: Poems
titlecomplete: Body Rags: Poems
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 119
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Poetry
publisher: Houghton Mifflin