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The Charm

"Kathy Fagan's "The Charm" works the true spells of childhood, the superstitions of romance, the bewitching alchemies of words themselves and casts us sun-struck in our lives — doomed, yes, but 'dovewinged.' Fact, speculation, nostalgia, and mystery are wielded with equal power and stunning craft. Fagan is writing some of the wisest and alluring poems of our day." -Beckian Fritz Goldberg"There is something both very old and very new — archaic and postmodern — in Kathy Fagan's wise-cracking charms to assuage rage and despair, to ward off misfortune and heartbreak. "The Charm" dissolves the leaden circles in the air and charms with fresh carols." -Edward Hirsch

"Kathy Fagan's rage is subtle, her loves draw you in, and there is a driving curiosity that comes only with great respect for life." -Bob Hicok

Kathy Fagan is the author of "Lip, Moving & St Rage," winner of the Vassar Miller Prize for Poetry, and "The Raft," a National Poetry Series selection. She is professor of English at Ohio State University.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 62
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780970817747
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2012