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Americana: and Other Poems
by
John Updike
John Updike's first collection of verse since his Collected Poems, 1953-1993 brings together fifty-eight poems, three of them of considerable length. The four sections take up, in order: America, its cities and airplanes; the poet's life, his childhood, birthdays, and ailments; foreign travel, to Europe and the tropics; and, beginning with the long "Song of Myself," daily...more
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
May 15th 2001
by Knopf
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I'm really not a big fan of poetry, I always find it's hit-and-miss with my tastes and with this one; I felt it was a good balance of those I just clicked with and those I didn't. The book is divided up in to four sections and they relate around, in order: America, its cities and aeroplanes; the poet's life, his childhood, birthdays, and ailments; foreign travel, to Europe and the tropics; and, beginning with the long Song of Myself, daily life, its furniture and consolations. It's a really full...more
Apr 03, 2009
Emily
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Recommended to Emily by:
Bob H. (sort of. Updike recommended generally.)
Shelves:
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Sat down to read a couple of poems to see what I thought. Next thing I knew, I was finished with the book. Loved. It. Somehow, unlike with most poetry collections, I found I could relate to almost every single one.
Brilliant
On the back of this book, Jay Parnini says "His poems reveal a fine intellect, as one might expect; they are genial, sophisticated ..."
I think Jay Parnini was more or less right, but this is exactly why I got very little out of these poems. Intellectual and clever, lots of five-dollar words, but for the most part very little heart and very little that I could latch onto. I could objectively appreciate the skill that went into crafting the poems; subjectively, they left me cold.
I think Jay Parnini was more or less right, but this is exactly why I got very little out of these poems. Intellectual and clever, lots of five-dollar words, but for the most part very little heart and very little that I could latch onto. I could objectively appreciate the skill that went into crafting the poems; subjectively, they left me cold.
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John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) was an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for hi...more
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