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Substrate: Poems
In a review of Jim Powell’s first book, Thom Gunn praised his poetry for tapping “a subject matter that is endless and important . . . achieved in the poem, so we grasp it as we read.” Substrate gathers three new collections of Powell’s poetry, the work of a dozen years. These poems open inward windows on the world outward from indigenous habitat in Northern California. Th...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
April 21st 2009
by Pantheon
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I was unimpressed by this collection, even as, towards the end, I was drawn into the minihistory of Spanish colonialism and the stark first person accounts. While Doxology balanced the right measure of humor and contemplation, I found too many of the poems were an all too earnest wink and nod -- "See what I did there?"
Epistemology, despite its bibliographic reference, had me wondering if American Indians ever really spoke like Tonto--a question that has less to do with his...more
Epistemology, despite its bibliographic reference, had me wondering if American Indians ever really spoke like Tonto--a question that has less to do with his...more
I came to this book through this article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...
And left it oddly disappointed. But because I can't articulate why, Powell's books are going to remain on my mental Geoffrey-Hillesque "keep rereading it until you either understand/appreciate it or you die, whichever comes first" shelf.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...
And left it oddly disappointed. But because I can't articulate why, Powell's books are going to remain on my mental Geoffrey-Hillesque "keep rereading it until you either understand/appreciate it or you die, whichever comes first" shelf.
I enjoyed the range of California figures and places in the book.
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Robert Pinsky, Slate's best of 2009
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