Book (b)

Decades of Rehearsal

Catalog Number: 
b.3.3
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
Wayne Allen Jones is subject to &ldquo;en-too-ziasms&rdquo; (Southside for not knowing when to stop). This volume is the third in eighteen months. Written in 1999 and 2000, these poems speak with a new voice &ndash; bolder, more forceful, more energetic, more passionate. The risks are manifold &ndash; in subject, point of view, tone, and length &ndash; the history of a steel mill and its workers, the ritual of fathers giving guns to sons, a dramatic monologue from a piece of the cross borne by Jesus, a nine-part study on types of rope, and an even longer poem about a misguided walkabout in the Arizona desert.<br /><br />Shorter poems put breathing room between the longer ones, and many speak to the theme of the first book, Stone Works &ndash; the way people make sense of the world by imposing their own meanings on what they perceive, what happens, and how they respond. <br />
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eng
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0-9722553-2-X

The Suburban Poems

Catalog Number: 
book,Starr
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
2nd ed
Abstract: 
A collection of poems to correspond and reply to David Hernandez&rsquo;s Urban Poems. Based on their radio program.John's original 150 handmade books sold out the first day of release in 1991, and this second edition is a faithful reconstruction in a smaller more affordable format. It is also graced by a new introduction by David, a follow-on to his introduction to the original edition. All of the original illustrations are included.
Language: 
English
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ISSN/ISBN: 
0972255346

The Urban Poems

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book,Hernández, Jorge
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
David's new book brings together city poems from many sources, including folders on David's desk. John provides a generous introduction, and the illustrations combine the murals and paintings of Gamaliel Ramirez with photos of other art works and urban icons by Wayne Allen Jones, designer and typesetter of the book. This set brings together the poems that were the basis for the 1991 radio show in which John and David exchanged poems fueling the debate and ironic views of the dialectic between Chicago and its suburbs.
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English
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ISSN/ISBN: 
1933126043

Elegy for James Gerard and Other Poems for the Larger Voice

Catalog Number: 
b.3.23
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
A collection of bittersweet poems, moving back and forth between tributes to friends, nature, personal landmarks, and the transitory aspects of them.
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eng
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1-933126-21-3

Marriage Bones

Catalog Number: 
b.3.24
Date: 
2006
Volume: 
1st ed
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From the introduction: This collection explores a pivotal moment in my life: choose a future of loss and surrender, or one of happiness and wholeness. After eight years of the former, it was time to choose the latter. ... These poems explore the fractured self as an impetus for expressing anger and sorrow, love and healing.<br />
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eng
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ISSN/ISBN: 
1-933126-08-6

2004 Poetry Venue Series: Hosts @ Trace: PolyRhythmic Chicago Arts Collective

Catalog Number: 
Book, Tuggle, Billy
Date: 
2004
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
One in a series of chapbooks published of writers at the Guild Complex. A collection of poems on a variety of subjects by the PolyRhythmic collective.
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eng
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1-933126-11-6

Blood, Sex, & Prayer

Catalog Number: 
b.3.16
Date: 
2005
Volume: 
1st ed
Abstract: 
&ldquo;This is a work of Fusion Poetry. It is meant, as all good poetry is meant, to be read aloud.&rdquo; A collection of impassioned poems on a variety of subjects.
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eng
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1-933126-22-1

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