From the snowy egret to a woman’s floating rib, nudism in America to Holy Communion, Simone de Beauvoir to Nathan’s hot dogs–the ...
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Jun 12, 2009
Sherry
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I seem to be doing straight 4s lately with my ratings but I really did enjoy these poems. I first encountered Lucia Perillo at the Indiana University Writers Conference about five years ago and I've been a fan ever since. I am always impressed by fearlessness and Perillo strikes me as fearless in looking at death, disability, sex, and concepts of physical beauty. Plus there's this whimsy that constantly delights me. Who else sees crows as "Little Elvises"?
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Jun 12, 2009
Will
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Originally, I read one of Lucia Perillo's short stories, "Bad Boy Number Seventeen," and was amazed by how she could turn a joke beyond just being funny. Without diminishing the honesty of the joke, she found a way to frame her humor within the context of a larger sense of tragedy—ultimately, entrenching us in a character's pain while simultaneously showing us how they cope with that pain. In Luck Is Luck, Perillo continues exploring this territory, bringing a sort of double-edged hi
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Feb 28, 2011
Sandra
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In three parts, somewhat memoir-ish, organized from youth through old age, with flashbacks. Tone is humorous, edgy, irreverent. She is able to observe clearly where she is and render an original, satisfying appraisal. Great detail on birds, fish and religion. She has a relevant currency, and I want to read more of her work.
Sep 12, 2008
Erik
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a moving poet with an eye for the mundane details of life and how they and we interact. the poem from which the title of the book derives is powerful and the full line reads, "even bad luck / is luck." i like that.
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