Another Reason
Author: Dennis, Carl
ISBN: 9780143125228
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 Mar 2014
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
A new work of poetry from Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly Prize
Plt;bPgt;From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly PrizePlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The poems in Carl DennisP#8217;s new collection Plt;iPgt;Another ReasonPlt;/iPgt; assume that our efforts to reason with ourselves and with others about what matters to us are necessary to escape the purely private point of view, to provide the houses we live in with doors and windows. These poems enact a drama of attempted persuasion, as the poet confers with himself, with intimates, and with strangers, if only in the hope that by defining differences more precisely one may be drawn into a genuine dialogue. As the poet asserts and questions his own authority, encountering a wide range of competing claims from other voices, we find ourselves included in a conversation that deepens our notion of the human community.
ISBN: 9780143125228
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 Mar 2014
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
A new work of poetry from Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly Prize
Plt;bPgt;From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly PrizePlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The poems in Carl DennisP#8217;s new collection Plt;iPgt;Another ReasonPlt;/iPgt; assume that our efforts to reason with ourselves and with others about what matters to us are necessary to escape the purely private point of view, to provide the houses we live in with doors and windows. These poems enact a drama of attempted persuasion, as the poet confers with himself, with intimates, and with strangers, if only in the hope that by defining differences more precisely one may be drawn into a genuine dialogue. As the poet asserts and questions his own authority, encountering a wide range of competing claims from other voices, we find ourselves included in a conversation that deepens our notion of the human community.
