false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179043970m/868591.jpg 868591 1 <p>"<em>Fragment of the Head of a Queen</em> makes it clear why Cate Marvin is becoming one of our essential poets."-Rodney Jones </p> <p>Cate Marvin's new poems, their wrought music, unblinking focus, and hard-edged sensuality, are wreathed with an entirely different silence than her first collection. The brokenness and loss of the fragmented queen-seeming to rise up through centuries-is their tutelary spirit. </p> <p> <b>Cate Marvin</b> is the author of <em>World's Tallest Disaster,</em> awarded the 2000 Kathryn A. Morton Prize by Robert Pinsky and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award (2002). She teaches creative writing in Staten Island, New York.</p> 853977 1 8 2007 Fragment of the Head of a Queen: Poems total:104|5:40|4:41|3:15|2:5|1:3| 104 422 170 15 3 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 07:19:16 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 13:31:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Sep 05 11:41:27 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 09 19:23:17 -0700 2008
Overall, 3 3/4 stars.

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I feel like Cate marvin is really "doing it" - I mean this book feels accomplished but it's always weighed down with kinda-florid poeticisms.

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There were times when I wish we got away from the persona of the poet, as aggrieved and angry young woman, but really, it's a minor quibble, and...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:31:44 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:34:01 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed May 21 18:49:11 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 18:53:21 -0700 2008
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