false <![CDATA[Broken World]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174462385m/404500.jpg 404500 1 <p>"Poems as cool as they are passionate, as soft-spoken as they are indignant, and as fiercely Romantic as they are formally contained. . . . An exquisite collection!"-Marjorie Perloff </p> <p>With musical grace critics have likened to that of Robert Creeley, Elizabeth Bishop, and William Carlos Williams, Joseph Lease mixes a storyteller's rhythm with lyric beauty to create a collection filled with humor, political bite, and psychological intensity. In a country where "money has won everywhere," but the essential promise of democracy still beckons, these poems uncover our troubled psyches and show us what it might mean to be "Free Again."</p> 393872 1 4 2007 Broken World total:144|5:121|4:14|3:6|2:1|1:2| 144 683 180 28 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 27 17:58:01 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 18:02:46 -0800 2007
Broken World is an astonishing book whose magic unfolds with each re-turning of the page. It is an inexhaustible energy source to savor...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 22:27:54 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 08:42:15 -0800 2007 Both heartbroken and proud, Broken World is, in part, a journey through the hazy periphery of American identity. Busted systems and...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 14 21:15:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:15:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 14:31:08 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 19:10:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 17 10:50:50 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 08 20:21:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 10:37:03 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 07:55:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:15:43 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:16:48 -0700 2007
Broken World begins in a low tone, an easing of whispered language, reminiscent of James Schuyler o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 21 00:33:13 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 21:03:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:00:51 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:13:23 -0700 2009
In live readings, Joseph Lease's Broken World comes across as Walt Whitman's voice echoing from his grave to comment on the current US condition. In the text, it's that accompanied with a youthful, childlike second voice reminiscing on lost America as re...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 22 12:26:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:24:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 17 15:57:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 19:31:17 -0700 2009
If I cried out,
Who among the angelic orders would
Slap my face, who would steal my
Lunch money, knock me
Down—sailboats moored
In harbor, trees on the long
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