Dark Verses and Light (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction) [Paperback]

Professor Tom Disch (Author)

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"Many of Disch's best poems are characterized by a refreshing combination of blunt (but good-humored) honesty and wit -- an increasingly rare commodity.. What I like best about Tom Disch's poetry is its tough-minded affirmations." -- Washington Post

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801841925
• ISBN-13: 978-0801841927
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,116,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars not at all what i expect from disch, September 6, 2009

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This review is from: Dark Verses and Light (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction) (Paperback)

Let me just say that I really like Tom Disch's work. Most of the time. But this collection isn't at all what I expect out of Disch, quality-wise. Section one contained a charming poem about the Nativity and then a dense, confusing masque. Section three was just baffling and I'm not exactly sure what Disch was trying to pull off there. The regular poems were in sections two and four and they weren't up to what I'm used to seeing out of this poet. While I like the poet, I didn't like teh book.