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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 898112 1 883299 12 1996 What the Body Told total:13|5:0|4:4|3:4|2:5|1:0| 13 38 23 2 224706 3.65 71 8 43394244 572480 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. 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In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 3 0 false Fri Oct 31 10:09:43 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 10:10:02 -0700 2008 81620154 167508 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 2 0 false Sun Dec 20 20:24:31 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 20 20:24:31 -0800 2009 81400916 2078998 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Fri Dec 18 10:06:40 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 10:06:40 -0800 2009 69187270 623073 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 3 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:39:26 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 00:39:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 00:39:26 -0700 2009 54854175 1110931 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Sun May 03 21:08:23 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 21:08:23 -0700 2009 53117627 2233723 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 2 0 false Sat Apr 18 08:28:32 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:28:32 -0700 2009 45473078 1999015 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 2 0 false Thu Feb 05 11:29:10 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 11:29:10 -0800 2009 39860185 1031053 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Thu Dec 11 07:41:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:41:30 -0800 2008 36993845 1609630 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 3 0 false Wed Nov 05 17:39:13 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 17:39:13 -0800 2008 28608914 1231818 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 4 0 false Tue Jul 29 08:23:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 08:23:20 -0700 2008 26396569 85112 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 3 0 false Sat Jul 05 18:51:42 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 18:51:42 -0700 2008 23274061 241537 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. 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In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Thu May 29 19:58:43 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 19:58:49 -0700 2008 21717932 1143985 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Tue May 06 12:47:50 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 12:47:50 -0700 2008 13371718 133244 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 4 0 false Thu Jan 24 05:20:56 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 05:20:56 -0800 2008 6532942 51647 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Fri Sep 21 03:05:11 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 03:05:11 -0700 2007 4927072 143942 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 2 0 false Wed Aug 22 06:09:05 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 06:09:05 -0700 2007 4578914 272671 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 4 0 false Wed Aug 15 07:08:19 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 07:08:19 -0700 2007 3469897 216528 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 24 14:26:56 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 14:27:03 -0700 2007 3134517 163573 898112 0822317427 9780822317425 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024m/898112.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179283024s/898112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898112.What_the_Body_Told 2.92 13 What the Body Told. In these intense poems, the body tells its story of loneliness and perseverance in an unwavering voice. One might expect the confessional poetry of a gay Cuban American poet to strike out in an expansive, perhaps enthusiastic mode, but Campo discovers in the sonnet plenty of room to explore questions of sexual, cultural, and professional identity. Five sonnet sequences--"Canciones de la Vida," "Canciones de la Muerte," and "Ten Patients, and Another"--form the heart of the book. These recall and try to answer each other's agonizing investigations into AIDS, desire, and the ironic distance between doctor and patient. Although the speaker is generally involved in the dramatic situation, he tends to speak as an observer, limning the assumptions below the surface and exploding them with fury. In other parts of the book, Campo synthesizes two traditions of formal poetry--the elegiac and the erotic--to create a third in such poems as "Before Safe Sex," "The 10,000th AIDS Death in San Francisco," and "Men Get the Shaft." These moving and vivid poems allow the reader to grieve for AIDS victims while simultaneously considering what it means to be healed. Despite Campo's day job--Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School--he refuses in his poems to play the healer; his evocative diagnoses, however, prescribe a schedule of gentleness, understanding, and rigor to make it through this life.]]> 1996 4 0 false Mon Jul 16 10:55:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 10:55:57 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=898112