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Crown of Weeds

Crown of Weeds

by Amy Gerstler
Crown of Weeds

Crown of Weeds

by Amy Gerstler

Overview

"The poems' exteriors are intranquil surfaces, edged with a wit that speaks to the benightedness of human existence, and their interiors are lined with something close to terror. Gerstler's imagery is incubated with a splendid strangeness."
—Alice Fulton

"Makes me think that words are still connected to the pleasures of the weird mind in the singular body."
—Alice Notley

"Amy Gerstler's poems are an instrument of perception in every sense of that word. They feel as improvisational as the best jazz."
—Michael Ryan

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140587784
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/01/1997
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Amy Gerstler is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Paris Review and Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter Angel won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are Crown of Weeds, 1997, and Nerve Storm, 1993.

Table of Contents

Crown of WeedsRecipe for Resurrection
To a Newborn
Circus Girl
Travel Diary
Recipe for Trouble
Asylum
Ash Wednesday
Bedlam
April
A Measured Joy
Request
Montage of Disasters
Song
Mixed Messages
My Hero
A Love Story
A Fan Letter
Four Meditations on an Ice Puddle
On the Road
Blown Out
The Superior Man
Psychotown
Her Account of Herself
Introducing: The Clouds
Sworn Statement
Dog World
Jews
Group Portrait, with Pitchforks
Chain of Events
Crown of Weeds
The Wanderer
Nowadays
Cul-de-sac
Commentary
The Underworld
Dry-eyed Survivor
She Senses the Presence of a Dead Suitor in Her Room
Blur
To My Brother
Miasma
Colorlessness
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Related Subjects

Poetry
American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
American poetry->20th century
American poetry->Women authors->20th century
Poetry
American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
American poetry->20th century
American poetry->Women authors->20th century

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