First Course in Turbulence

First Course in Turbulence - Paperback

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First Course in Turbulence
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First Course in Turbulence - Paperback

First Course in Turbulence - Paperback

by Dean Young
$21.60
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Book Overview

Finalist for ForeWord Magazine 1999 Poetry Book of the Year


With rapid shifts between subject and tone, sometimes within single poems, Dean Young's latest book explores the kaleidoscopic welter of art and life. Here parody does not exclude the cri de coeur any more than seriousness excludes the joke. With surrealist volatility, these poems are the result of experiments that continue for the reader during each reading. Young moves from reworkings of creation myths, the index of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, pseudo reports and memos, collaged biographies, talking clouds, and worms, to memory, mourning, sexual playfulness, and deep sadness in the course of this turbulent book.
ISBN9780822956976
Author Dean Young
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 1999
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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First Course in Turbulence

First Course in Turbulence - Paperback

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About Dean Young

Dean Young has published eight previous books, most recently elegy on toy piano, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Embryoyo. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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