Book
What is this thing called love
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393327090
- ISBN: 0393327094
- ISBN: 0393057267
- ISBN: 9780393057263
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Physical Description:
128 pages ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | One: -- First kiss -- Stolen moments -- Blues for Dante Alighieri -- What was -- So what -- 31-year-old lover -- Muse -- You don't know what love is -- Blues for Roberto -- Ever after: a paradelle -- Sonnenizio on a line from Drayton -- Ex-boyfriends -- Dance -- Two: -- Death poem -- Scary movies -- Dead girls -- Echo and narcissus -- Eating together -- Cat poem -- Noir -- February 14 -- Then I woke up -- In dreams -- Work -- Fever blues -- Washing -- Three: -- It -- Knowledge -- California street -- Way of the world -- Dear sir or madam -- One nation under God -- Chicken -- Missing boy blues -- Human nature -- Four: -- Lush life -- Bad girl -- Round midnight -- South of the border -- Body and soul -- Blues for Robert Johnson -- This poem wants to be a rock and roll song so bad -- Bugdom -- This poem is in recovery -- Five: -- Dear reader -- On knocking over my glass while reading Sharon Olds -- Fuck -- Augury -- Proverbial -- Ceiling -- Conversation -- Romance -- Miniatures -- Kisses. |
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| Subject: | American poetry Poetry Man-woman relationships |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 818.54 A227w 2004 (Text) | 33126020380444 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | 818.54 A227w 2004 (Text) | 33126020305441 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003017944.html
- Table of contents
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2004 January #1
One could say that Addonizio (whose Tell Me was a National Book Award nominee) celebrates love as "a side trip./ It wasn't love for eternity, or any such crap," whereas Anne Sexton celebrated love as a grand passion. Otherwise, their work contains many similarities. Addonizio's most recent collection looks at love in all its guises, especially those concerned with a disappointing love affair, as did Sexton's 1969 book, Love Poems. Mourning the loss of love as well as the loss of sexual attractiveness that comes with aging, both collections use slang, eroticisms, and the details of contemporary urban life as a source of imagery and a way into the mostly free-verse poems. Both poets also share a tone that is simultaneously angry, sad, and brittle, although Addonizio is neither as sharp-edged nor as passionate as Sexton. Sexton cared about everything, perhaps too much, and her life and poems tended to boil over-tragically. These poems, however, are lukewarm and "cool" at their best. Suitable for larger public libraries.-Diane Scharper, Towson Univ., Maryland Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.