Ghost girl sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ghost girl. Her book scattered at sea will be published by penguin in june, 2015. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a cd of be. Ghost girl reflects the way metaphors of poetry and of. Known for its wit and complexity, amy gerstlers poetry deals with themes such as. Ghost girl penguin poets 9780142000649 by gerstler, amy and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her. Ghost girl by amy gerstler penguin books australia. Medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which. Like domestic wheres the wisdom in erasing a loved ones mess, so akin to his signature. The parallel she suggests between escaping a dolls paralysis and. Dec 18, 2019 i found myself turning to persona poems like amy gerstler s ghost girl, stories of manners, inwardturned, jartight stories of being a woman, or an other woman, of the mind casting around in its now illfitting loneliness. Ive just read and reread ghost girl, and ive been marveling at how the poems seem like they.
She is half a novelist and the book is filled with stories told as vignettes, end rhymes, enjambments. Bitter angel 1990 winner of the 1991 national book critics circle award the true bride 1986 and dearest creature, 2009. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for. Her early work, including white marriagerecovery 1984, was highly praised. Dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, nerve storm, crown of weeds, bitter angel and others. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. Dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, nerve storm, crown of weeds, bitter angel and others link to this. The parallel she suggests between escaping a dolls paralysis and working through the painful stasis of grief was new to me. If you get a buzz from words alone and dont give a damn about a poems meaning or lack of it skip gerstler and read sexton or ashbery.
A new selection of poetry by the author of crown of weeds and medicine highlights thirtyseven distinctive works that. Medicine 2000 finalist for the phi beta kappa poetry award. Amy gerstler is a writer of poetry, nonfiction and journalism. An ellipsis experiencing phantom excitement in a sentence. That isnt unusual in and of itself, but gerstlers insights into the structures of that kink go sidebyside with mourning a personal loss. Ghost girl by amy gerstler paperback 2004 from vikram. In bitter angel gerstler introduces a variety of narrators, including a saint, ghost.
Read ghost girl by amy gerstler available from rakuten kobo. Ghost girl plays with the imaginary landscape of dolllike femininity. Her previous twelve books include ghost girl, medicine, crown of weeds, which won a california book. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. She teaches at the university of california at irvine. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her book of poems bitter angel received a national book critics circle award in 1991. She won a guggenheim fellowship as well as the national book critics circle award. Amy gerstlers most recent books of poetry include scattered at sea, dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds.
Known for its wit and complexity, amy gerstler s poetry deals with themes such as redemption, suffering, and survival. Amy gerstler s most recent books of poetry include dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a cd of beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell. This latest catchall of amy gerstler s, ghost girl, is really less a book of poems as such than it is a bringing together, a propulsive gleaning of all the notions of a poetic nature that happened to pass her way since medicine, her last such collection and the eleventh to appear before the one. She is half a novelist and the book is filled with stories told as vignettes, endrhymes, enjambments. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic st. About ghost girl sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. Her previous books of poetry include dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new.
Its hard to see ghost girl when shes wearing the emperors clothes. Her 1990 book bitter angel won the national book critics circle award. I wanted to hear one of the poems from her new book. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new. Her book of poems bitter angel received a national book critics. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler. Best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks. Touring the doll hospital by amy gerstler poetry foundation. Her previous twelve books include ghost girl, medicine. Her book of poems bitter angel received a national book. Ghost girl reflects the way metaphors of poetry and of femininity are deeply embedded into popular discourses of spiritualism. Amy gerstler s most recent books of poetry include scattered at sea, dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds. Ghost girl by amy gerstler penguin random house canada.
Her halfbaked meanderings are mere word play, not poetry in the true sense. Gerstler s more recent works include nerve storm 1993, medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which the new york times named a notable book of the year, and scattered at sea 2015, which was a finalist for the national book award. Ghost girl ebook by amy gerstler 97814406845 rakuten. Winner of the national book critics circle award for bitter angel, gertsler here. Penguin poets 123 books see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Amy gerstler writes poetry, nonfiction, and journalism. Grocery bags, potted poinsettias, bunches of uprooted weeds wilting on a hot sidewalk, clothes hangers, deflated rubber balls, being looked in the eye, crutches, an overcoat tossed across the back of a chair everybody knows empty overcoats house ghosts, children, doorways, music, human hands and the newspaper rustling as my. Ghost girl by amy gerstler meet your next favorite book. Penguin poets ser ghost girl by amy gerstler 2004, ukb. Apr 06, 2004 ghost girl by amy gerstler, 9780142000649, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Amid the grab bag of discursive forms that make up gerstlers eighth collection, single anecdotes animate. Gerstler won the 1991 national book critics circle award in poetry for bitter. Gerstlers more recent works include nerve storm 1993, medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which the new york times named a notable book of the year, and scattered at sea 2015, which was a finalist for the national book award. Yes, i would like to receive newsletters from penguin random house canada with promotions and the latest on books and authors.
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