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Matthew Siegel Blood Work (Paperback) Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry
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- Blood Work
- Publication Name
- Blood Work
- Title
- Blood Work
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780299304041
- ISBN
- 9780299304041
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Genre
- Poetry
- Release Year
- 2015
- Release Date
- 30/03/2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.3in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 156g
- Series
- Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Topic
- General, American / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 76 Pages
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Blood Work reveals what happens to the self when the body is compromised by illness. These poems explore the struggle to remain whole in the shadow of Crohn's disease and to make a home for oneself in the body and in the world. Finalist, Poetry, Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards
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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299304043
ISBN-13
9780299304041
eBay Product ID (ePID)
207793680
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blood Work
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, American / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
76 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.I3814a6 2015
Reviews
This unexpected book—a genuine contribution to the literature of illness—centers on containment: how we contain our blood, how blood is contained in tubes and vials, how sometimes we do not seem contained by our bodies, and sometimes the body seems to contain nothing, and even how in the face of control or self-reliance leaking away, we might manage to contain ourselves, to feel held, to feel held in place. The deceptive directness of Siegel's debut is remarkab≤ in his capable hands, illness reveals how barely contained any human being is, and how we reach, alone and together, for whatever will hold us."—Mark Doty, author of Sweet Machine, "This unexpected book--a genuine contribution to the literature of illness--centers on containment: how we contain our blood, how blood is contained in tubes and vials, how sometimes we do not seem contained by our bodies, and sometimes the body seems to contain nothing, and even how in the face of control or self-reliance leaking away, we might manage to contain ourselves, to feel held, to feel held in place. The deceptive directness of Siegel's debut is remarkable; in his capable hands, illness reveals how barely contained any human being is, and how we reach, alone and together, for whatever will hold us."--Mark Doty, "Explores how the inner self is affected by Crohn's disease. . . . Poetry fan or not, this collection is not to be missed."-- Los Angeles Magazine, "Siegel's poems see the world with an immediacy and compassion that could only come from the decision to be vulnerable. It's such a simple-seeming principle of poetry--yet it is as rare as hen's teeth. I honor this young poet for the freshness and skill in these poems, his allegiance to the most unpretentious areas of experience, and his courage-teaching heart. Blood Work is a wonderful first book."--Tony Hoagland, Siegel's poems see the world with an immediacy and compassion that could only come from the decision to be vulnerable. It's such a simple-seeming principle of poetry—yet it is as rare as hen's teeth. I honor this young poet for the freshness and skill in these poems, his allegiance to the most unpretentious areas of experience, and his courage-teaching heart. Blood Work is a wonderful first book."—Tony Hoagland, author of Twenty Poems That Could Save America and Sweet Ruin, These poems resist the dualities of lyric versus narrative, confessional versus impersonal, real against surreal, formal/improvisational, comic/sad. Matthew Siegel manages to tick off all the boxes at once, while remaining compulsively readable. The trick that he's pulled off is to make a book that simultaneously tickles you and shakes you by the scruff of your neck."—Lucia Perillo, Felix Pollak Prize judge, "These poems resist the dualities of lyric versus narrative, confessional versus impersonal, real against surreal, formal/improvisational, comic/sad. Matthew Siegel manages to tick off all the boxes at once, while remaining compulsively readable. The trick that he's pulled off is to make a book that simultaneously tickles you and shakes you by the scruff of your neck."--Lucia Perillo, Felix Pollak Prize judge
Table of Content
I "fox goes to the fox hospital" Blood Work At the community acupuncture clinic [Sometimes I don't know if I'm having a feeling] [And sometimes I know I'm having a feeling] [The boy with the blackbird stitched over his heart is sad] The electric body II At the edge of the field [The heart is a dumbwaiter] [My pills doze until I wake them] The Heater Repair-Woman Such Is the Sickness What I Fail to Mention At the Vietnamese Massage Parlor Mother puts on my lipstick On the way to the airport I fail to tell my father I left some meat in the refrigerator III [What world are you in, Mother, when you sleep] Weather of the Body Life Guarding Faster In the Dentist's Chair Soap Mother washes me in the tub Matthew you're leaving again so soon IV Watching Christmas Trees Burn, Ocean Beach For Bryan, 13, who sleeps through Li-Young Lee The Girl Downstairs Is Crying At the Farmers' Market Love Parade By the Flowers at the Supermarket With my face buried in supermarket flowers I spent the entire evening [It's true what you've heard about my mouth.] Overlooking the City V [And because the want is the size of a building] Living with You In the bathroom [He's looking for answers he's looking for the rough dark] [In the kitchen Mom stands with her back to me] [He's become too large for his childhood bed] Mother Drives Me in the Rain Rain Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-030778
Dewey Decimal
811.6
Series
Wisconsin Poetry Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
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