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Jesse Lee Kercheval
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Dog Angel (Pitt Poetry Series) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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88 |
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2004-03-21 |
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0822958406 |
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University of Pittsburgh Press |
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0.35 pounds |
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0.27 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches |
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1 |
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Product Description
Jesse Lee Kercheval writes with wit, vivid language, and devastating honesty in these autobiographical poems. Tracing the timelines of her life forward and backward, she offers a moving examination of the role of family and the possible/probable/hoped for existence of God - and how our perceptions of the divine can be transformed from a kindergartner's dyslexically scrawled "doG loves U" to the ever-present but oft-ignored Dog Angel of the title. Ranging from a cross-country drive to bury her mother's ashes at Arlington National Cemetery, to a family vacation in Spain, to an imagined final exam given by her children, Kercheval explores the vagaries of love, loss, faith, grief, and joy with a calm, convincing wisdom that permeates this resonant and wonderful collection.
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