From the rear cover
One of our most acclaimed poets wrestles with the issues - love, hope, memory, faith - that have occupied him "in the second half of my sixth decade on beautiful earth". The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog" named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog", and throughout this collection, Stern examines the long journey towards redemption and justice and the bitter struggle - and battle - over our minds and souls.
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- Title Odd Mercy: Poems
- Author Gerald Stern
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, NY
- Date 1995
- ISBN 9780393038798 / 0393038793
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.61 x 6.08 x 0.68 in (21.87 x 15.44 x 1.73 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95005390
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/1995, Page 132
- Library Journal, 11/15/1995, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 08/28/1995, Page 107
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