Mahon writes from lower Manhattan, addressing, in ramble or vigil, his absent lover, his children in London, Auden, Yeats's father, and other cosmic vagrants, "clutching our bits and pieces, arrogant in dereliction." In the eighteen sections of "The Hudson Letter," the gabble of a dockside bar, voices of a recycled Sappho and of an Irish immigrant girl reassuring her mother in Inishannon, and the midwinter, all-night sounds of the City intersperse with the voice of the poet--lively, witty, poignant, elegiac, humane, and ...
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Mahon writes from lower Manhattan, addressing, in ramble or vigil, his absent lover, his children in London, Auden, Yeats's father, and other cosmic vagrants, "clutching our bits and pieces, arrogant in dereliction." In the eighteen sections of "The Hudson Letter," the gabble of a dockside bar, voices of a recycled Sappho and of an Irish immigrant girl reassuring her mother in Inishannon, and the midwinter, all-night sounds of the City intersperse with the voice of the poet--lively, witty, poignant, elegiac, humane, and thoroughly human. "The Hudson Letter" is prefaced by four new poems in different voices.
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Very Good. 1995. First. Hardcover. V. scarce. From the library of Patrick McEntee SC, with bookplate. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light age and shelfwear, remains fine. First edition copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Fine. Warmly Inscribed by the author to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman on the title page. Laid in is a handwritten card addressed to Professor D. Hoffman and Signed by Dr. Dilys Pegler Winegrad who was director and curator of the University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery at the time this was published. An excellent copy.
Derek Mahon is one of the few living poets of indisputable talent and importance. This series of New York broodings is full of surprises and delights (and sometimes vividly presented pain).
For anyone interested in contemporary poetry, this is a must-read
