Then & Now

ISBN-13: 9780804010665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 77 str.

James Cummins

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James Cummins s first book of poems, "The Whole Truth," became known throughout much of the poetry world as the Perry Mason sestinas. His second book, "Portrait in a Spoon," was chosen by "Richard Howard for the James Dickey Prize Contemporary Poetry Series."
His latest and most accomplished work is collected in "Then & Now," which reflects the same inventiveness and wit evident in his earlier books, with a deepening of tone and spirit. The result is a collection of poems filled with feeling and with Cummins's signature anguished humor.
If the language of poetry is a way into a hall of mirrors of the self, it can be a way out, too. The voice that emerges in "Then & Now" is sane, imaginative, bemused, and sly, not only taking responsibility for the character of the writer put fully on display, but ironically and affectionately exploring how this process occurs."