The Day Underneath the Day is the first book of poetry by C. Dale Young. It was a finalist for the 2002 Norma Farber Award given by the Poetry Society of America for the best first collection of poems published in the previous year and a finalist for the 2002 Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award. Gifted with a sense of language both exacting and vivid, C. Dale Young explores the surface and depth of experience in The Day Underneath the Day. In its precision and revelations, his poetry resembles an intricate anatomy lesson, probing the natural world and human relationships to reveal the patterns that underlie the unruliness of life.
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"The Day Underneath the Day is very much a book of inquiry: how do we negotiate safe passage over the mare incognita that is variously art and the making of it, the body and the mystery of it, identity both inherited and imposed? These are poems of formal grace and slant homage, map-and-dazzle, a vision as lush as it is-refreshingly-exacting."
-Carl Phillips
-Carl Phillips
"This book is dignified, subtle, feelingful, and delicate. I admire the understated thoughtfulness of many of these poems, their willingness to flirt with the metaphysical while remaining deeply motivated by the visual, tactile world."
-Rosanna Warren
-Rosanna Warren
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The first book of poetry by a promising young writer
Gifted with a vivid and exact skill, Young’s writing resembles an intricate anatomy lesson. His powers of observation probe the small energies of the natural world. Again and again the ordinary details of life transform themselves under the delicate pressure of his words—the movement of birds’ wings, the color and texture of tropical flowers, the study of the ocean waves, the "scalpel of light" cutting through the beginning of the day. The language of Young’s poems evokes an ultimate sense of place through a gorgeous marriage of tone and diction that echoes James Merrill and Amy Clampitt. As he meticulously maps out human passions and emotions, he explores both the surfaces and depths of everything that he surveys. His confident and polished verse unfolds intricate layers of landscape, seeking the order that lies beneath the unruly patterns of our lives.
Text copyright, Northwestern University Press Spring/Summer 2001 catalog --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
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C. Dale Young practices Medicine full-time, edits poetry for the New England Review, and teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for writers. His work has appeared in many literary magazines and journals, and has been included in a number of anthologies, including volumes of the Best American Poetry. He lives in San Francisco.
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Truth & Beauty,
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This review is from: The Day Underneath the Day (Paperback)
Yes, C. Dale Young has written a gorgeous first collection, but beauty--of landscape, of the love between men, of art--is never for its own sake, and never at the disservice of truth. For underneath all of the fine details are concerns of exile and empire in his Caribbean poems (one in particular, "On Privilege," belongs in all of the anthologies); and the impermanence of art and love. This is a bold, polished, and often tender (see "Broughtonia") first book, filled with rich, complicated poems that repay rereading. Do not miss this book.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Simply Gorgeous,
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This review is from: The Day Underneath the Day (Paperback)
There seems to have been a good number of first collections of poetry published this year, and the generation of poets coming into being is certainly a strong one. Young, in particular, is a traditionalist in terms of approach, but these poems are by no means old-fashioned. They are concerned with family relationships (between child and parent; between men; between friends, etc.), the difficulty of making art true, and the colonial experiment in the Caribbean. I agree with many who have already pointed out his command of visual particulars. More than many in his generation, Young seems to almost paint with words and relies on the images he generates to make his arguments. It isn't that he is less concerned with language but that he uses language to make his points via image. A very beautiful book anyone interested in poetry should read.
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Beautiful Book,
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This review is from: The Day Underneath the Day (Paperback)
A friend of mine bought this book at a reading in San Francisco a little while ago and recommended it to me. It is a beautiful book and, as others have mentioned here, the lushness of imagery is impressive. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who regularly reads poetry.
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