She Alone (Salmon Poetry) [Paperback]

John Menaghan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 190339256X | ISBN-13: 978-1903392560 | Publication Date: November 18, 2006

A book-length poetic sequence that traces the life of an imaginary woman from birth to death and beyond, employing a wide range of forms from free verse to heroic couplets.

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Review

John Menaghan, has published one of the best books of 2006. She Alone is a sort of novel in verse or fictional biography, but neither of those terms quite does it justice. It evokes the life of a woman artist in fifty-odd lyrics, each in a different form, each handled with unobtrusive panache. Here is a book in which style and substance harmonize. It is refreshingly devoted not to the poet's career but to another life--and an eloquent one at that. Some poems are expansive, others minimalist, but the book comes closer to the tone and tenor of Beckett (with its unsettling reverberations) than anything by Mark Strand. . . . Published by Salmon Poetry in Ireland and available from Dufour Editions, She Alone is poetry with a human center, as smart and affecting as anything else under review here, utterly original without special pleading on behalf of the poet. John Menaghan is the real thing. --The Hudson Review, Volume LX, Number 1 (Spring 2007)

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PRAISE FOR ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD:
Menaghan's first published collection . . . marks an auspicious beginning. [His] work is humorous, ironic, erotic, neurotic, and tender both by turns & often simultaneously . . . . Menaghan's verse is quite wonderful.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry (November 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 190339256X
• ISBN-13: 978-1903392560
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,327,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A unique experience in epic poetry and enthusiastically recommended., December 4, 2006

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Prize-winning poet John Menaghan presents She Alone, a sequene of poetry in book form that follows the life of a woman from birth to death and beyond. Changing forms from free verse to heroic couplets and other poetic devices as suits the story, She Alone encapsulates its nameless protagonist's struggle to find her own sense of place and identity in a rapidly evolving world. Alternately passionate, tender, ironic, and erotic, She Alone is a unique experience in epic poetry and enthusiastically recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars She Alone, July 31, 2008

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Jean Kavanagh "Jean@Salmon" (Cliffs of Moher) - See all my reviews
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Humorous, ironic, erotic, neurotic, and tender both by turns & often simultaneously... Menaghan's verse is quite wonderful. Kirkus Reviews

She Alone, a book-length poetic sequence, traces the life of an imaginary woman from birth to death and beyond, employing a wide range of forms from free verse to heroic couplets and a broad array of poetic devices, all designed to capture the changing moods and circumstances of this enigmatic, nameless woman and her lifelong struggle to find fulfillment, connection, and a stable sense of her own place and identity in a rapidly changing world.

John Menaghan, born in New Jersey to Irish-American parents, has lived in Boston, Berkeley, Vancouver, Syracuse, London, Dublin, Belfast, Galway, Gortahork, and Dingle, & presently makes his home in Venice, CA. Winner of an Academy of American Poets Prize and other awards, he has published poems and articles in Irish, American, and Canadian journals and given readings in Ireland, Hungary, and the U.S. Menaghan teaches literature and creative writing at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he also serves as Director of both the Irish Studies and Summer in Ireland programs and runs the annual LMU Irish Cultural Festival.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, December 4, 2007

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Holly Geil "Ms. HAG" - See all my reviews
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Dr. M. is brilliant... I was one of his students in yeats, I mean years past at LMU and LOVE his work. You need this book, as well as his fantastic collection "All the Money in the World." I have several of his poems pinned above my desk at work to remind me that life is more than dollars and sense... he moves the wild woman in my soul. Love Irish poets? You will love Menaghan!!