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ISA the Truck Named Isadore

Poetry. Amanda Nadelberg breaks onto the scene with a book of poems written in alphabetical order to the various people encountered in one's life — passersby, lovers, friends, enemies, the marginalized, and the forgotten. From 'A' to 'Z,' a wild and surprisingly novel book chosen by judge Lisa Jarnot. "There are sixty-three stories in this book of poetry: stories of the naming of peoples in the traditions of the Teutons and the Greeks and the Jews. Imagine all of this information presented to you with a carefulness of what we poets refer to as our prosody: hot prosody, singing sounds, graceful leaps of the lines, well shaped couplets, conversational dexterity — almost eerie in its Rimbaudian perfection. It's delightful — this poet is the antenna of the race" — Lisa Jarnot, from her introduction.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 93
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780977769803
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2006