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Viper Rum

Mary Karr

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In her third collection of poetry, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics.

I cast back to those last years
I drank, alone nights at the kitchen sink,
bathrobed, my head hatching snakes,
while my baby slept in his upstairs cage
and my marriage choked to death

Precise and surprising, Karr's poems "take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own" (Poetry) .

Also included is Karr's controversial and prizewinning essay "Against Decoration," in which she takes aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days--the "new formalism" that elevates form to an end itself.

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Publisher:: Penguin

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ISBN10:: 0142000183

ISBN13:: 9780142000182

kindle Asin:: 0142000183

Viper Rum

Mary Karr

3.97/5 (383 ratings)

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In her third collection of poetry, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics.

I cast back to those last years
I drank, alone nights at the kitchen sink,
bathrobed, my head hatching snakes,
while my baby slept in his upstairs cage
and my marriage choked to death

Precise and surprising, Karr's poems "take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own" (Poetry) .

Also included is Karr's controversial and prizewinning essay "Against Decoration," in which she takes aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days--the "new formalism" that elevates form to an end itself.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 0142000183

ISBN13:: 9780142000182

kindle Asin:: 0142000183

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