Dear God, Dear Dr. Heartbreak [Paperback]

Aliki Barnstone (Author)

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Review

"All of a sudden I understand why I like Aliki Barnstone's poems so much. They remind me of the one she has studied most-shall we call her her master-Emily Dickinson. Not in the forms, not, as such, in the music, and not in the references; but in that weird intimacy, that eerie closeness, that absolute confession of soul . . . . In Barnstone, too, the two worlds are intensely present, and the voice moves back and forth between them. She has the rare art of distance and closeness. It gives her her fine music, her wisdom, her form. She is a fine poet." (Gerald Stern )

About the Author

ALIKI BARNSTONE is a poet, translator, critic, and editor. Among her recent books are Blue Earth and Wild With It (Sheep Meadow, 2002), The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy: A New Translation, and Changing Rapture: Emily Dickinson's Poetic Development (University Press of New England, 2007). Her poems and translations have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, New Letters, Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Her forthcoming book with Sheep Meadow is Pique. She teaches at the University of Missouri.

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Sheep Meadow (December 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931357684
• ISBN-13: 978-1931357685
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,355,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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