A name for himself in with the publication of Lucky Life now his most renowned collection In Lucky Life Stern takes the reader on a journey pausing everywhere from the streets of New York to post Holocaust Germany to the soil of a lobelia plant In an intimate and mature voice he shares with us the lineage of his ancestors; his personal relationships; and bits of art music history even the neighbors he chats with on the beach His style is Whitmanesue urging us to listen a little for the spongy world a.
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lucky mobile life download Lucky Life EpubA name for himself in with the publication of Lucky Life now his most renowned collection In Lucky Life Stern takes the reader on a journey pausing everywhere from the streets of New York to post Holocaust Germany to the soil of a lobelia plant In an intimate and mature voice he shares with us the lineage of his ancestors; his personal relationships; and bits of art music history even the neighbors he chats with on the beach His style is Whitmanesue urging us to listen a little for the spongy world a.
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Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubIt's not hyperbole to say this book completely changed my life and my belief in poetry as an avenue to relate to the world Poems of place poems about work economical language and images that have almost a muscularity to them I will always return to these poems for solace and comfort in place and the world around me So thankful for Gerald Stern
Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubI've always found Gerald Stern's poetry a bit frustrating for its inconsistency I gave this collection four stars based primarily on the briliance of Behaving Like a Jew At Bickford's and Lucky Life all of which embody what's valuable in Stern his wit his c
Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubThe poems center around aging and death Most also take place in New Jersey which makes me wonder whyhow there are so many Jersey poets especially Jewish poets from New Jersey Stern makes plenty of religious and mythological allusions so it's obvious that he's well read He also apparently likes Van Gogh I do as wellI thought the poems were complex but not necessarily saying anything new Of course they were written over thirty years ago Some are long ish while most are fairly short Stern doesn't use too many poetic devices so they certainly don't inhibit one's reading of the poems at all I might like to see of them actually since they read prosaically Overall this is a good book for those who want to get into Stern's work
Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubOne thing that really stuck out to me in this collection was the maturity in Stern's voiceI really like poems like Peddler's village Behaving Like a Jew and Pile of Feathers that revolve around a simple image to express a larger idea show vs tellSometimes I felt like the repetition in starting lines mixed with the use of street and place names took away from the emotional impact of the poem like the focus was on these things insteadOther poems I liked a lotOne Foot In The RiverI Am So ExhaustedCounty Line Road
Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubGerald Stern is great stuff This was recommended to me by a summer workshop instructor and the thing about it was the way that Stern captures details but also a sense of dread about the world Hmm not dread likethings are beautiful but also tough I was surprised to see that he's still around and publishing new books I think I may have to write him a letter
Paperback Ï Lucky Life Epub Ì lucky mobile, life download, Lucky Life EpubRoad kill weeping some sepulchral Cretian orchards Your standard poetry from the late twentieth century