Back to Top
Top Nav content Site Footer
University Home

 
Viewing: Book of the week |
Filter:
A Momentary Glory: Last Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) (EBOOK)

A momentary glory:last poems

by Harvey Shapiro

The distinguished poet Harvey Shapiro passed away on January 7, 2013. The poems in this book, many of them previously unpublished and discovered only after his death, are a great gift, and the final confirmation of his extraordinary talent. Edited by Shapiro’s literary executor, the poet and critic Norman Finkelstein, these last poems bear an unprecedented gravitas, and yet they are as supple, jazzy, and edgy as Shapiro’s earlier work. All the themes for which he is known are beautifully represented here. There are poems of his experiences in World War II, the erotic life, and of daily moments in Brooklyn and Manhattan, all in search of a worldly wisdom and grace that the poet calls “a momentary glory.” As Shapiro tells us, the poem “Is an Egyptian / ship of the dead, / everything required / for life stored / in its hold.” The book includes an introduction by the editor.

CATALOG PAGE

Permalink Last updated 05/16/2019 by P. Higo

What's related

How can we help you?

Back to Top