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Sestets
By Charles Wright
Sestets
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Authors:
Charles Wright
Copyright:
2009
Format:
Hardcover
GTIN13:
9780374261153
ISBN10:
0374261156
Page Count:
96
Dimensions:
5.74x0.51x8.62
Publisher:
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Strand Notes
The nineteeth book from Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Wright is no less exceptional than his previous works, to be sure. Point of fact, it strengthens his already brilliant and lifelong resume as one of the most beloved poets in American history. An earthy, reverent tone that embraces mortality and formality in way unseen since the late works of David Ignatow resonates on each page, in each word, in every break. His descriptive power and his unrelenting metaphors bring a vivid light where none used to pass. In his own words, life is "...a virtual world/ Unfit for the virtuous." He is direct and calm, yet understands his craft so well, that it is impossible to add even more meaning at times.
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Sestets is the nineteenth book from one of the country's most acclaimed poets, a masterpiece of formal rigor and a profound meditation on nature and mortality. It is yet another virtuosic showcase for Charles Wright's acclaimed descriptive powers, and also an inquiry into the nature of description itself, both seductive and dangerous: "a virtual world/ Unfit for the virtuous." Like his previous books, Sestets is seeded with the lyrics of old love songs and spirituals, and "there is always room to connect his highly polished poems to the world where most of us lead mundane lives" (Miami Herald). Soaring and earthy, lyrical and direct, Charles Wright is an American treasure, and his search for a truth that transcends change and death settles finally on the beauties of nature and language: "Time is a graceless enemy, but purls as it comes and goes."
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