A major reissue in one volume of two early books by one of our finest living poets. In an essay on his career, Edward Hirsch describes They Feed...
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Jun 07, 2010
Adrian
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“Angel Butcher” is one of my all-time favorite poems. It has everything I seek in a first-rate poem: fascinating premise, light narrative, vivid imagery, an inspiring finish, and breathtaking metaphor on both the micro (line) and macro (holistic) levels. It is well grounded in reality but contains a mythic element. It’s personal without being elliptical, emotional without becoming sentimental, clever but not disingenuous, easy to read but not overly-simplistic. I wish the entire volume were
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Jan 02, 2009
Julene
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The title poem "They Feed They Lion" is one of my favorite poems. Another great book from this working class poet out of Detroit. The phrase comes from a co-worker when he was doing factory work and it stuck with him years till he wrote this poem. This man was an inspiration to many Chicano writers who have become the poets they are because of him. He eventually taught in Chico, CA and has a legacy of writers who were mentored by him. I would have loved to study with him, or to have be
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Mar 29, 2008
bill
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if i loved all the poems in these books as much as i love a big handful, there would be five stars lit up instead of four. his best stuff has a nice apocalyptic feel to it. but with compassion. yeah... a compassionate apocalypse.
"We burn this city everyday."
"We burn this city everyday."
Jan 05, 2011
D
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After he invented Levi jeans, Philip went into seclusion and started writing poetry. I prefer his later work; this is early stuff is good.
Sep 21, 2008
Sarah
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I loved this book. Emotional and raw and unabashedly dramatic in the way only poetry can be.
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