false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173030850m/239739.jpg 239739 1 <div>Bruce Weigl's poetry has been acclaimed by C. K. Williams as "powerful and frightening, poems [that] force us to repudiate our comfortable uncertainties, our drowsy vagueness," and Carolyn Forche has said that Bruce Weigl "is one of the most important poets of our time." With Song of Napalm and followed by Archeology of the Circle, Weigl has established himself as a poet of incomparable power and lyric fury. For Weigl, home is where the heart is and where the soul must reside. To leave one's home is to leave a vital part of oneself behind, and to return is to reconnect with one's history. The Unraveling Strangeness represents the record of a man in the middle of his life who comes back to his home after being away for twenty-five years. In these poems we find odes to New York City neighborhood life -- live from the front stoop. Poems such as "Hinckley and Nixon" point to a larger national turmoil that seeps its way into the consciousness of the mean streets of New York. Weigl closes with poems penned by a world-weary eye that extends childlike tribute to the wonders of the country. At stake in this journey is a rediscovery of deep and abiding connections to place, to family, and to old friends. Reginald Gibbons has raved that Bruce Weigl's poetry contains "a largeness of spirit that is filled with both hard memories and forgiveness."</div> 232228 13 11 2002 The Unraveling Strangeness: Poems total:14|5:5|4:8|3:1|2:0|1:0| 14 60 19 0 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 05:48:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:48:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 20 19:45:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 19:45:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 19 12:26:06 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 12:26:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 17 11:47:21 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:47:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 08 20:28:16 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 20:28:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 14:41:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:41:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 20:13:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:13:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Dec 12 21:10:37 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 21:10:52 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 07:54:38 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 07:54:38 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 13:56:17 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:56:23 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 13 11:47:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:47:19 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Sep 02 17:17:55 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 17:17:55 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 10:24:18 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 10:24:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Feb 15 21:02:44 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 21:02:44 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 14 17:52:12 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 17:52:12 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 14 22:02:21 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 22:10:50 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 18 22:28:03 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 22:28:09 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Oct 07 10:44:31 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 10:44:31 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Jul 22 18:42:29 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 18:42:29 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=239739