false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg 1102012 2 <div>In 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems, <i>Music Like Dirt</i>, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structure--now, with <i>Star Dust</i>, finally complete.<br><br>Throughout his work, Bidart has been uniquely alert to the dramatic possibilities of violence; in this, and in his sense of theater, he resembles the great Jacobean dramatists. It is no accident that Webster's plays echo in "The Third Hour of the Night," the brilliant long poem that dominates the second half of <i>Star Dust</i>. Bidart locates in Benvenuto Cellini the speaker truest to his own vision. Who better to speak of the drive to create, not as reverie or pleasure or afterthought, but as task and burden, thwarted by the world? In its scale, sonorities, extraordinary leaps, and juxtapositions, "The Third Hour of the Night" makes an astonishing counterbalance to the intense, spare lyrics that precede it. <br><br>In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and <i>Star Dust</i> shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.<br></div> 1088903 15 6 2005 Star Dust: Poems total:144|5:56|4:55|3:16|2:15|1:2| 144 580 196 15 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Fri Oct 10 09:23:47 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 10:04:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Fri Jul 25 21:56:49 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 17:40:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 29 12:43:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:43:26 -0700 2009 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 01:26:48 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 17:11:40 -0800 2008
The poem "Luggage" earns this its spot in my poetry favorites shelf. It is fantastic.]]> 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 18:49:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:57:14 -0700 2009 Music Like Dirt five stars, but I wasn't feeling a good portion of the final long poem, although some sections were incredible.]]> 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 27 17:45:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 18:17:18 -0700 2007 Star Dust, which went instead to Merwin. Oh, well. You should read this book instead. ]]> 324891 0374530335 9780374530334 29 1 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759149m/324891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324891.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:11:37 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 12:59:40 -0700 2008 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Mon May 05 19:46:39 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 30 19:51:50 -0800 2008 Mon May 05 19:46:39 -0700 2008 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Wed Aug 13 11:58:55 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:59:38 -0700 2008 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 06:16:41 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 06:17:59 -0700 2008 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Sat May 16 23:04:33 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 29 20:44:35 -0700 2008 Sat May 16 23:04:33 -0700 2009 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Thu Dec 27 19:49:43 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 19:49:43 -0800 2007 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 3 0 false Sat Nov 14 08:37:11 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 19 14:43:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 14:43:09 -0700 2008 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Wed Sep 05 10:58:58 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 10:59:30 -0700 2007 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 5 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 02:35:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 02:35:49 -0700 2008 324891 0374530335 9780374530334 29 1 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759149m/324891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324891.Star_Dust_Poems 4 0 false Tue Nov 24 10:37:33 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:37:33 -0800 2009 324891 0374530335 9780374530334 29 1 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759149m/324891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324891.Star_Dust_Poems 0 0 false Wed Nov 18 19:37:22 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 19:37:22 -0800 2009 324891 0374530335 9780374530334 29 1 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759149m/324891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324891.Star_Dust_Poems 0 0 false Fri Oct 30 14:23:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:23:35 -0700 2009 1102012 0374269734 9780374269739 115 14 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180995681m/1102012.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102012.Star_Dust_Poems 0 0 false Sun Oct 04 02:24:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 02:24:14 -0700 2009 324891 0374530335 9780374530334 29 1 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759149m/324891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324891.Star_Dust_Poems 0 0 false Thu Sep 10 18:55:53 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:55:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1102012