In poems that are at once colloquial and elegant, Perillo strives to bridge the gap between the exuberant voice of the streets and the rarefied voice of literary tradition. Using the long lines and narrative style that have been identified with some of the finest male poets of our times, Perillo tells the stories of female experience with a grim eye for the comic and an ear turned to language's highest pitch.
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An award winner--twice over!,
By A. E. Joseph "knitpoet" (C'dale, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is an award winner twice over--it won the Kate Tufts Prize and the Balcones Prize. Check it out.
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Heard her on NPR. One of my favorites is "Skin" which I've since seen in other anthologies. I think her work is brilliant! Her other book, Dangerous Life, is also great. I've recommended her to a number of friends. She has an amazing command of the language.
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Ms. Perillo's second book holds clear and compelling images of the sacred and the mundane. She examines topics from disability to the Beatles. She is in top form in this book. I have recommended this book to many of my friends.
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When Tokyo's Shirokiya Drygoods caught fire in the thirties, shopgirls tore the shelves' kimonos and knotted them in ropes. Read the first page New!
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When Tokyo's Shirokiya Drygoods caught fire in the thirties, shopgirls tore the shelves' kimonos and knotted them in ropes. Read the first page New!
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- The Healing Art: A Doctor's Black Bag of Poetry by Rafael Campo on page 62, and Back Matter
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- Don't Tell Mama!: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing by Various in Back Matter
- The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World (New Issues Poetry & Prose) by Paul Guest in Front Matter
- 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day by Billy Collins on page 343
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