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Kingdoms of the ordinary / Robley Wilson, Jr.

By:

Wilson, Robley

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Pitt poetry seriesPublication details: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press , c1987.Description: 89 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0822935570

Subject(s):

Poetry, American

DDC classification:

811 WIL

LOC classification:

PS3573.I4665 K5 1987

Summary: Wilson's collection of short fiction, Dancing for Men, won the Drue Heinz Prize; with this, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize for first book of poetry, he becomes the first writer ever to win both prizes offered by University of Pittsburgh Press. What is even more impressive is the excellence of his poetry. The narrative voice, the ability to create believable characters sometimes through description alone, sometimes through long meditative poems in others' voices carries over from his fiction. Poems in women's voices are especially sensitive. With all the innocence of childhood yet an adult's knowledge, these poems strike a delicate balance. A first kiss ``changed the world of facts/ Into nonsense'' and Wilson is not at all apologetic.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		016662

Wilson's collection of short fiction, Dancing for Men, won the Drue Heinz Prize; with this, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize for first book of poetry, he becomes the first writer ever to win both prizes offered by University of Pittsburgh Press. What is even more impressive is the excellence of his poetry. The narrative voice, the ability to create believable characters sometimes through description alone, sometimes through long meditative poems in others' voices carries over from his fiction. Poems in women's voices are especially sensitive. With all the innocence of childhood yet an adult's knowledge, these poems strike a delicate balance. A first kiss ``changed the world of facts/ Into nonsense'' and Wilson is not at all apologetic.

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