Dying for Beauty
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: February 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781556591358
Subjects: General; Poetry; American - General; Poetry / General; Nature
First sentence: What can be said except-I want to lie with you for a long time, skull-to-skull, my sugar bridegroom.
Description: "Whether paying tribute to literary icons such as Walt Whitman and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, or examining global and cultural degradation, Gail Wronsky proves to be a poet of sharp wit and endearing wonder. The crowning jewel of Dying for Beauty is "The Earth as Desdemona," a nearly book-length lyric that alternates between meditation and dramatization, between discourse and incantation as it elegizes the earth and celebrates human intimacy."--BOOK JACKET.