Burn and Dodge

"Burn and Dodge" is a collection of poems that "burns" with contemporary vices such as: Guilt, Envy, Regret, and Indecision while also "dodging" such concerns with formal playfulness.

About the author

Sharon Dolin is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Manual for Living, Whirlwind, and Burn and Dodge, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. She is also the author of a prose memoir titled Hitchcock Blonde and two books of translation: Book of Minutes by Gemma Gorga and the prize-winning Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems by Gemma Gorga. A 2021 National Endowment for the Arts [SA1] Fellowship recipient, Fulbright Scholar, Pushcart Prize winner, and recipient of a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, she lives in New York City, where she teaches poetry workshops and is associate editor of Barrow Street Press.

Summary

Winner of the 2007 Donald Hall Prize in PoetrySelected by Bob HicokBurn and Dodge is a collection of poems that "burns" with contemporary vices such as: Guilt, Envy, Regret, and Indecision while also "dodging" such concerns with formal playfulness.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Dolin
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2008
• EAN: 9780822960058
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6005-8
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama