The Niagara River
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The Niagara River

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eBook - ePub

The Niagara River

About this book

A mesmerizing collection from the US Poet Laureate whose work is "as intense and elliptical as [Emily] Dickinson, as buoyant and rueful as [Robert] Frost" (J. D. McClatchy, American Poet).
 
In granting the prestigious Ruth Lilly Prize to Kay Ryan, Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman wrote that "[she] can take any subject and make it her own. Her poems—which combine extreme concision and formal expertise with broad subjects and deep feeling—could never be mistaken for anyone else's. Her work has the kind of singularity and sustained integrity that are very, very rare."
 
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kay Ryan's poems are "Fabergé eggs, tiny, ingenious devices that inevitably conceal some hidden wonder." The Niagara River is full of such hidden gems. Bafflingly effective, the poems in this collection seem too brief and blithe to pack so much wallop. Their singular music makes it clear why her poetry has been featured everywhere from the Sunday funnies to New York subways to plaques at the zoo to the pages of The New Yorker and The Paris Review ( Salon).
 
"Empathic and wryly unforgiving of the human condition, the poems [in The Niagara River] are equal parts pith and punch. The effect is bracing." — Publishers Weekly

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Information

Publisher
Grove Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780802142221
eBook ISBN
9780802197511
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
American Poetry
Index
Literature

CONTENTS

THE NIAGARA RIVER
HOME TO ROOST
CARRYING A LADDER
SHARKS’ TEETH
FELIX CROW
WEAK FORCES
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
A BALL ROLLS ON A POINT
THE BEST OF IT
CHINESE FOOT CHART
SHIPWRECK
THE OTHER SHOE
ATLAS
HE LIT A FIRE WITH ICICLES
RATS’ TAILS
ADDED SIGNIFICANCE
CHOP
DESERT RESERVOIRS
HAILSTORM
EXPECTATIONS
GREEN HILLS
RUBBING LAMPS
TENDERNESS AND ROT
TAR BABIES
TIRED BLOOD
THEFT
IDEAL AUDIENCE
CAPS
THIN
STARDUST
REPULSIVE THEORY
BLUE CHINA DOORKNOB
SALVAGE
ALMOST WITHOUT SURFACE
THE LIGHT OF INTERIORS
THINGS SHOULDN’T BE SO HARD
THE PAST
REVERSE DRAMA
FAKE SPOTS
LEGERDEMAIN
HOUDINI
HIDE AND SEEK
LEAST ACTION
PITCHER
POST-CONSTRUCTION
CHART
NOTHING GETTING PAST
THE MATERIAL
THE SELF IS NOT PORTABLE
ON THE DIFFICULTY OF DRAWING ONESELF UP
DUCK
LAST CHANCE
NO NAMES
STILL LIFE, WITH HER THINGS
THE WELL OR THE CUP
CHAR...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. THE NIAGARA RIVER
  8. HOME TO ROOST
  9. CARRYING A LADDER
  10. SHARKS’ TEETH
  11. FELIX CROW
  12. WEAK FORCES
  13. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
  14. A BALL ROLLS ON A POINT
  15. THE BEST OF IT
  16. CHINESE FOOT CHART
  17. SHIPWRECK
  18. THE OTHER SHOE
  19. ATLAS
  20. HE LIT A FIRE WITH ICICLES
  21. RATS’ TAILS
  22. ADDED SIGNIFICANCE
  23. CHOP
  24. DESERT RESERVOIRS
  25. HAILSTORM
  26. EXPECTATIONS
  27. GREEN HILLS
  28. RUBBING LAMPS
  29. TENDERNESS AND ROT
  30. TAR BABIES
  31. TIRED BLOOD
  32. THEFT
  33. IDEAL AUDIENCE
  34. CAPS
  35. THIN
  36. STARDUST
  37. REPULSIVE THEORY
  38. BLUE CHINA DOORKNOB
  39. SALVAGE
  40. ALMOST WITHOUT SURFACE
  41. THE LIGHT OF INTERIORS
  42. THINGS SHOULDN’T BE SO HARD
  43. THE PAST
  44. REVERSE DRAMA
  45. FAKE SPOTS
  46. LEGERDEMAIN
  47. HOUDINI
  48. HIDE AND SEEK
  49. LEAST ACTION
  50. PITCHER
  51. POST-CONSTRUCTION
  52. CHART
  53. NOTHING GETTING PAST
  54. THE MATERIAL
  55. THE SELF IS NOT PORTABLE
  56. ON THE DIFFICULTY OF DRAWING ONESELF UP
  57. DUCK
  58. LAST CHANCE
  59. NO NAMES
  60. STILL LIFE, WITH HER THINGS
  61. THE WELL OR THE CUP
  62. CHARMS
  63. ABSENCES AND BREAKS
  64. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPING
  65. LATENTS
  66. TUNE
  67. LATE JUSTICE
  68. BACKWARD MIRACLE
  69. THIEVES
  70. GREEN BEHIND THE EARS