In Hilberry's poems, the body is a canvas on which a whole range of experiences are painted: grief at the loss of a sister, the adolescent search for God, sexual passion, and ordinary pleasures such as swaying in a hammock, touching the astonishing warmth of a lover's body, or watching a surfer rise "on the joy of a wave." Crazy Jane, an alter-ego figure, makes appearances throughout the book, seducing a bear, sleeping in a priest's bed, and generally transgressing social norms. Ultimately, the book celebrates the poet's ...
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In Hilberry's poems, the body is a canvas on which a whole range of experiences are painted: grief at the loss of a sister, the adolescent search for God, sexual passion, and ordinary pleasures such as swaying in a hammock, touching the astonishing warmth of a lover's body, or watching a surfer rise "on the joy of a wave." Crazy Jane, an alter-ego figure, makes appearances throughout the book, seducing a bear, sleeping in a priest's bed, and generally transgressing social norms. Ultimately, the book celebrates the poet's own unconventional choices--to love both men and women, not to have children, to abandon the attempt to find God in church. She ends up loving the impermanent world and the mortal body, wanting only to touch "what's returning to earth."
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Fair. Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Good. Book SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on title page. Tall thin small quarto, softcover, small stain at top margin else VG in black pictorial wraps. Poems. 68pp. Begins with Ave Maria and 13 other poems in part I and in Part II are poems on listening, the silence, weeding the cosmos etc. Part III is on the ocean, joy, body painting, sand etc.
