"[Lux is] sui generis, his own kind of poet, unlike any of the fashions of his time." � Stanley Kunitz Thomas Lux is humorous, edgy, and ever surprising in The Cradle Place, his tenth collection of verse.These fifty-two poems question language and intention and the sometimes untidy connections between the human and natural worlds.Lux has long been an outspoken advocate for the relevance of poetry in American culture, and his voice is urgent and unrelentingly evocative.As Sven Birkerts has noted, 'Lux may be one of the ...
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"[Lux is] sui generis, his own kind of poet, unlike any of the fashions of his time." � Stanley Kunitz Thomas Lux is humorous, edgy, and ever surprising in The Cradle Place, his tenth collection of verse.These fifty-two poems question language and intention and the sometimes untidy connections between the human and natural worlds.Lux has long been an outspoken advocate for the relevance of poetry in American culture, and his voice is urgent and unrelentingly evocative.As Sven Birkerts has noted, 'Lux may be one of the poets on whom the future of the genre depends.' 'A book full of arresting images ...The natural world, as it appears here, is at first lovely ...but turns out dangerously vanquished ...Not since Plath has hysteria looked this kissable." � San Francisco Chronicle 'Lux has a gift for the swiftly turned expression ...Such immediacy and quirkiness will hold a reader." � Poetry "Readers will be mesmerized." � Poetry Book of the Year, Library Journal THOMAS LUX holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry and is director of the McEver Visiting Writers Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.He has been awarded three NEA grants and the Kingsley Tufts Award, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow.He lives in Atlanta.
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Add this copy of The Cradle Place to cart. $12.12, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of The Cradle Place: Poems to cart. $14.62, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Like New. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Inscribed to a named person (first name only) and then signed by Lux on title page in blue ink and dated 2005, 1st print (full # line), new looking text tight clean unmarked, boards likewise clean & undamaged, dust jacket NOT price-clipped, dj shows small closed tear at top front tip, American poet died in 2017, Near Fine/Good overall condition.
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Good in good dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0618428305. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 96 pages; 1st printing. Bright tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket with publisher's $22 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears unread and about as new. No marks. Handsome copy. F/NF.
