Ghost girl by amy gerstler, 9780142000649, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive p. Previous titles from penguin are crown of weeds, 1997, and nerve storm, 1993. Ghost girl by amy gerstler meet your next favorite book. Bitter angel 1990 winner of the 1991 national book critics circle award the true bride 1986 and dearest creature, 2009. Tamed by starched collars or looped by the noose, all hail the stem that holds up the frail cranial buttercup. Winner of the national book critics circle award for her eighth book, bitter angel 1990, the brash, witty gerstler has been linked to the language poets for her mischievous subversions of language and keen sense of the absurdity of modern life. Her previous twelve books include ghost girl, medicine, crown of weeds, which won a california book award, and native storm.
Series editor david lehman by gerstler, amy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Her previous twelve books include ghost girl penguin poets, 2004, medicine penguin poets, 2000, crown of weeds penguin poets, 1997, nerve storm. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. In bitter angel gerstler introduces a variety of narrators, including a saint, ghost. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. Her books of poetry include medicine finalist for the phi beta kappa poetry award, and bitter angel 1990 winner of the 1990 national. Gerstler s more recent works include nerve storm 1993, medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which the new york times named a notable book of the year, and scattered at sea 2015, which was a finalist for the national book award. Amy gerstler has published thirteen books of poetry. Ghost girl by amy gerstler pdf free download ebook. Amy gerstlers most recent books of poetry include dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds. Amy gerstler is the author of several collections, including bitter angel carnegie mellon university press, 1997, which won the national book critics circle award. Oct 12, 2004 in ghost girl, amy gerstlers eighth book of poetry, the parade of voices from the margins begins with touring the doll hospital. Ghost girl by amy gerstler 2004, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ghost girl. Ghost girl ebook by amy gerstler 97814406845 rakuten. Known for its wit and complexity, amy gerstlers poetry deals with themes such as. Known for its wit and complexity, amy gerstlers poetry deals with themes such as redemption, suffering, and survival. Medicine 2000 finalist for the phi beta kappa poetry award. Her halfbaked meanderings are mere word play, not poetry in the true sense. Her 1990 book bitter angel won the national book critics circle award. Buy ghost girl penguin poets book online at best prices in india on. Dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, nerve storm, crown of weeds, bitter angel and others. Author bio amy gerstler s recent books of poetry include scattered at sea, dearest creature, and ghost girl titles published by penguin. An ellipsis experiencing phantom excitement in a sentence.
Her book of poems bitter angel received a national book critics circle award in 1991. Grocery bags, potted poinsettias, bunches of uprooted weeds wilting on a hot sidewalk, clothes hangers, deflated rubber balls, being looked in the eye, crutches, an overcoat tossed across the back of a chair everybody knows empty overcoats house ghosts, children, doorways, music, human hands and the newspaper rustling as my. She teaches at the university of california at irvine. This latest catchall of amy gerstler s, ghost girl, is really less a book of poems as such than it is a bringing together, a propulsive gleaning of all the notions of a poetic nature that happened to pass her way since medicine, her last such collection and the eleventh to appear before the one. Ghost girl by amy gerstler overdrive rakuten overdrive. Mar 25, 2020 gerstlers previous twelve books include ghost girl, medicine, crown of weeds, which won a california book award, nerve storm and bitter angel, which won a national book critics circle award in. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new collection highlights her distinctive poetic st. A writer of poetry, nonfiction, and journalism, she won the national book critics circle award in poetry for bitter angel in 1991. Her book scattered at sea will be published by penguin in june, 2015. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from. Scattered at sea 2015 was longlisted for the national book award, and short listed for the kingsley tufts prize.
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Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a cd of beethoven. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirtyseven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a cd of beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstler s other published works include ghost girl penguin, 2004, medicine penguin, 2000, and nerve storm penguin, 1993. I love the way gerstler hints that the practice of poetry is now being delimited by professionalism among poets what with the rise of mfa programs and the increasing competition. A dazzling new collection from an awardwinning poetamy gerstler h. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Read ghost girl by amy gerstler available from rakuten kobo. If you get a buzz from words alone and dont give a damn about a poems meaning or lack of it skip gerstler and read sexton or ashbery. In the books finest rant it is almost entirely unquotable here. Gerstlers other published works include ghost girl penguin, 2004, medicine.
Its hard to see ghost girl when shes wearing the emperors clothes. Amy gerstler is a writer of poetry, nonfiction and journalism. Medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which the new. Scattered at sea, a book of her poems published by penguin in 2015, was longlisted for the national book award, shortlisted for the kingsley tufts award, and was a finalist for the pen usa literary award. I found myself turning to persona poems like amy gerstler s ghost girl, stories of manners, inwardturned, jartight stories of being a woman, or an other woman. Your one and only neck, home to glottis, tonsils, and many other. She won a guggenheim fellowship as well as the national book critics circle award. Apr 27, 2011 amy gerstler was born in san diego, california, in 1956. She is now a professor in the mfa writing program at the university of california, irvine. Crown of weeds penguin, 1997 received a california book award, and bitter angel carnegie mellon university press, 1997 won a national book critics circle award.
Amy gerstler interview transcripts, recordings, data, and. Amy gerstler received her ba in psychology from pitzer college in 1978 and her mfa in nonfiction from bennington college in 2000. A new selection of poetry by the author of crown of weeds and medicine highlights thirtyseven distinctive works that explore such topics as a doll hospital, toast, the afterlife, and more. Amy gerstlers most recent books of poetry include scattered at sea, dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds. Ghost girl sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstler s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. She also collaborates with visual artists, and her writing has been published. Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, amy gerstlers new.
This latest catchall of amy gerstlers, ghost girl, is really less a book of poems as such than it is a bringing together, a propulsive gleaning of all the notions of a poetic nature that happened to pass her way since medicine, her last such collection and the eleventh to appear before the one. Buy ghost girl penguin poets book online at low prices. Pdf the little ghost girl download full pdf book download. The little ghost girl available for download and read online in other formats. Amy gerstler was born in san diego, california, in 1956. The initial question of that poem, an overarching question of this book why so many senseless injuries. Ghost girl a repeating theme about what it means to be female and the difficulties inherent in being born of that gender unites the poems of ghost girl. Gerstlers more recent works include nerve storm 1993, medicine 2000, ghost girl 2004, dearest creature 2009, which the new york times named a notable book of the year, and scattered at sea 2015, which was a finalist for the national book award. The neck throbs with dread of the guillotines kiss, while the silly, braceletcraving wrists chafe in their handcuffs. One is a book of poems tentatively titled index of women. Ghost girl by amy gerstler in djvu, fb2, fb3 download e book. Gerstler won the 1991 national book critics circle award in poetry for bitter. Her book of poems bitter angel received a national book critics. Amy gerstler s most recent books of poetry include dearest creature, ghost girl, medicine, and crown of weeds.
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