Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith (English) Paperback Book

Description: Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith In this brilliant collection of new poems, Tracy K. Smith envisions a sci-fi future sucked clean of any real dangers, contemplates the dark matter that keeps people both close and distant and revisits kitschy concepts like love and illness, now relegated to the museum of obsolescence. With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, Life on Mars imagines a soundtrack for the universe, accompanying the discoveries, failures and oddities of human existence and establishing Smith as one of the best poets of her generation. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tracy K. Smith is the author of two previous poetry collections: Duende, winner of the James Laughlin Award, and The Bodys Question, winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She teaches at Princeton University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Review "In Life on Mars, Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition. Its not easy to be so convincing in both the grand gesture and the reverent contemplation of a humble plate of eggs. . . . As all the best poetry does, Life on Mars first sends us out into the magnificent chill of the imagination and then returns us to ourselves, both changed and consoled." --Joel Brouwer, The New York Times Book Review "[Life on Mars] is by turns intimate, even confessional, regarding private life in light of its potential extermination, and resoundingly political, warning of a future that isnt what it used to be, the refuse of a party piled with postcards / And panties, bottles with lipstick on the rim. " --Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker "The books strange and beautiful first section pulses with Americas adolescent crush on the impossible, on what waits beyond the edge of the universe. . . . But whats most satisfying about [Life on Mars] is that after the grand space opera of Part 1, with its giddy name checks of 2001 and David Bowie, Ms. Smith shows us that she can play the minor keys, too. Her Martian metaphor firmly in place, she reveals unknowable terrains: birth and death and love." --Dana Jennings, The New York Times "[Life on Mars] blends pop culture, history, elegy, anecdote, and sociopolitical commentary to illustrate the weirdness of contemporary living. . . . The title poem, which includes everything from dark matter and a father.../ who kept his daughter/ Locked in a cell for decades to Abu Ghraib is proof that life is far stranger and more haunting than fiction." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Hypnotic and brimming with irony, the poems in Smiths latest volume arent so much about outer space as the interior life and the search for the divine. . . . The spiritual motif running through these poems adds a stunning dimension that will please many readers." --Library Journal "[Tracy K. Smith is] one of the finest poets writing right now." --Gabrielle Calvocoressi, The Miami Herald "In Life on Mars, a vibrant collection of verse, Smith pays homage to David Bowie (the Pope of Pop), Stanley Kubric, the Hubble Telescope, JFK airport and more. Its a gripping, intergalactic ride that marvels at the miracles and malfunctions of our ever changing world. Like a wide wake, rippling/Infinitely into the distance, everything/That ever was still is, somewhere." --More Magazine "[The poems] are smart, funny, and expertly crafted." --San Francisco Chronicle, Best Poetry of 2011 "A strong, surprising, and often beautiful book. . . . Consistently surprising and demanding, Life on Mars gives materiality to Victor Martinezs statement that poetry is the essence of thinking. " --Sean Singer, The Rumpus Review Quote [Tracy K. Smith is] one of the finest poets writing right now. Details ISBN1555975844 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1555975844 ISBN-13 9781555975845 Media Book Short Title LIFE ON MARS Language English DEWEY 811.6 Pages 80 Format Paperback Subtitle Poems UK Release Date 2011-07-21 Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S. Place of Publication MN Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2011-07-21 NZ Release Date 2011-07-21 Author Tracy K. Smith Publisher Graywolf Press,U.S. Audience General Publication Date 2011-05-10 US Release Date 2011-05-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:43684031;

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