| Description |
1 online resource (89 pages) |
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Pitt poetry series |
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Pitt poetry series.
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| Contents |
Antique Shop Window, Krakow -- Amchu -- Brother Salvage: a genizah -- The last blue light -- Lament for my brother -- The insomnia room -- Song for an empty hand -- Yom HaShoah in Florida -- Preparing for flight -- Flashlight stories -- All soul's eve -- The dangerous light -- Insleave for a hieroglyphic key to spiritual mysteries -- The four-legged man -- Visions of captivity, Neulengbach, 1912 -- Poem buried in line by Paul Eluard -- Artisans of the tomb -- Figure painting at the School of Fallen Angels -- Novalis -- A brief folklore of typography -- A visionary's company |
| Summary |
The name of the title poem-"Brother Salvage: a genizah," provides a skeleton key to unlock the powerful forces that bind Rick Hilles's collection. A genizah is a depository, or hiding place, for sacred texts. It performs a double function: to keep hallowed objects safe and to prevent more destructive forces from circulating and causing further harm. Brother Salvage serves exactly this purpose. The poems are heartrending and incisive, preserving stories and lives that should not be forgotten. Yet, through the poet's eloquent craft, painful histories and images are beautifully and luminously con |
| Notes |
"2005 Agnes Lynch Starrett prize." |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Poetry
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poetry.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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Poetry
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822990994 |
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0822990997 |
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