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Medicine

Part of Penguin Poets

Author Amy Gerstler
$14.99 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
On sale Jun 01, 2000 | 9781101177129
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Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine, she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella's wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife--are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.
MedicinePrayer for Jackson
To a Young Woman in a Coma
Nearby
The Bear-Boy of Lithuania
The Naturalist's Wife
Yom Kippur in Utah
The Story of Toasted Cheese
A Nautical Tale
Loss
An Attempt at Solace
Scorched Cinderella
A Non-Christian on Sunday
Lovesickness: a radio play for four disembodied voices
The Bride Goes Wild
Overheard at the Watering Hole
Prescription for Living
To My Husband, on the First Anniversary of His Mother's Death
A Sage in Retirement
Spring Tonic
Cut-Up
July 3rd
Address to a Broom
The Holy Storm
Things That Loosen the Tongue
Word Salad
Mysterious Tears
Retreat
Medicine
A Crushed House
Corpse and Mourner
Fugutive Color
A Severe Lack of Holiday Spirit
"The landscape sends us our beloved"
Tidings
Nightfall

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Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine, she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella's wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife--are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.

Table of Contents

MedicinePrayer for Jackson
To a Young Woman in a Coma
Nearby
The Bear-Boy of Lithuania
The Naturalist's Wife
Yom Kippur in Utah
The Story of Toasted Cheese
A Nautical Tale
Loss
An Attempt at Solace
Scorched Cinderella
A Non-Christian on Sunday
Lovesickness: a radio play for four disembodied voices
The Bride Goes Wild
Overheard at the Watering Hole
Prescription for Living
To My Husband, on the First Anniversary of His Mother's Death
A Sage in Retirement
Spring Tonic
Cut-Up
July 3rd
Address to a Broom
The Holy Storm
Things That Loosen the Tongue
Word Salad
Mysterious Tears
Retreat
Medicine
A Crushed House
Corpse and Mourner
Fugutive Color
A Severe Lack of Holiday Spirit
"The landscape sends us our beloved"
Tidings
Nightfall

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