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In David Cope's strikingly intense new collection, Fragments for the Stars, we see the continued development of a highly original art. Rising directly out of Williams' graphic American measure, Cope's voice is everywhere infused with a characteristic stark lyricism-producing the powerful work that Carl Rakosi has called his "compassionate realism".
List of contents
Sky Spread Out with Stars.- Industrial Clinic.- The Diaspora.- Above the Hudson.- A Night at the Ballet.- The Lineup.- Rusting Skeletal Girders Above.- Marquette Prison.- Blowout in Fast Traffic.- Killings to Be Made in Soybean Futures.- Trucker's Story.- Hot Coals Burning on Your Tongue.- Sky Spread Out with Stars.- Iran.- New Moon.- Old Dowland Lute.- Big Manistee April.- "Getcher Rocks Off Fer Sure".- Jane Marie.- Next!.- Hospital Windows.- New Moon.- For Suzanne.- Last Will.- Planting.- At the Summit.- On Ramp at Rush Hour.- Fragments from the Stars.- Trapped in a Ravine.- Albeniz, Sor& Sanz.- Old Man.- All That You Can Be.- Monticello.- The Salvage Yard.- The New Foot.- Hairpin Turn.- Gone West.- South Kaibab Trail.- Chorus of Snores.- Navajo Woman.- The Invisible Keys.- Light Shines.- Warned Not to Go That Way.- Eire.- "Unprecedented Prosperity & Self-Confidence".- The Invisible Keys.- Ancient Moe.- Soft March Rain.- The Gist of His Command.- Solemn Eyes.- Rainy Dawn.- Between Buildings.- Bright Ride Home.- Billy.- Quiet Blues.- Two Lost Dreams.- All These Thousands of Windows.- Quick Glance Back.- Bright Ride Home.- The Crossing.- Icefall in the Trough.- Labor Day.- Flight Delay.- The Daylong Clouds.- After the Long Hard Day.- One for Gary.- For You to Come.- For You to Come.- Wrap It in Memory.- The River.- Riddle.- The River.- As the Year Ends.- Bright Dawn Thru Stained Glass Windows.- An Emblem for October.- The Long Road.- For Billy.- Shut the Lights Off.- Sleep.- Will.- Thanks.- Downriver.- Drawing Breath.- Tiananmen Square.- The Avenue of Eternal Peace.- The Apology.- Spider Writhing in Lamplight.- Clean Up.- Smash 'Em.- July.- The Garden.- Harvest Sundown.- Farewell.- Sundown.
