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Mercury Dressing

Poems

By J. D. McClatchy

By J. D. McClatchy

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Category: Poetry

Paperback $18.00

May 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780375711787

Mercury Dressing by J. D. McClatchy
Paperback $18.00
May 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780375711787

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About Mercury Dressing

This beautiful collection from J. D. McClatchy holds up a mirror to the soul, considering heroic and human figures in poems that “balance mandarin wit with enormous learning, a fully twenty-first-century sensibility and a deft use of the demotic” (Bookpage).

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About J. D. McClatchy

J. D. McClatchy (b. 1945) was the author of eight collections of poetry and three collections of prose. He edited numerous other books, including The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, and wrote a number of opera libretti that have been performed… More about J. D. McClatchy

Product Details

Category: Poetry

Paperback | $18.00
Published by Knopf
May 17, 2011 | 112 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780375711787

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Praise

“Powerful . . . Given McClatchy’s formal virtuosity, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn he jots his grocery lists down in terza rima, too.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Although these poems lament the smarts and humiliations attendant on love and loss, they provoke the kind of wonder and joy we experience when the curtain comes down on a dazzling performance.” —The New Leader

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