Graywolf press okt 2013 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry FoundationO ludicrous swoon, O blind hind-sight,O torching of bridges and blood boiled white,O sparrow, and arrow, and hell below,O, she says, because she loves to say O. -from 'O, She Says' Swoop is a sonically audacious first book, a ringing up and down the musical scales. Hailey Leithauser's resplendent array of forms-from traditional verse to more fragmented, onrushing experiments-takes the reader to the heights of lyricism. In these poems, sharp objects speak for themselves, sex is taken up alfresco (among other things), an enigmatic question is posed from To Have and Have Not, and the song of a mockingbird drives us out of bed. A paean to excess, Swoop is a virtuosic and exhilarating debut.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unforgettable story of men and horses, the American West, and the dream of a ticket out \* A May 2012 Indie Next Pick \*Will Testerman is a young Wyoming horse trainer determined to make something of himself. Money is tight at the family ranch, where he's living again after a disastrous end to his job on the Texas show-horse circuit. He sees his chance with a beautiful quarter horse, a filly that might earn him a reputation, and spends his savings to buy her. Armed with stories and the confidence of youth, he devotes himself to her training--first, in the familiar barns and corrals of home, then on a guest ranch in the rugged Absaroka mountains, and, in the final trial, on the glittering, treacherous polo fields of southern California. With Boleto, Alyson Hagy delivers a masterfully told, exquisitely observed novel about our intimate relationships with animals and money, against the backdrop of a new West that is changing forever.…