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Horses and the Human Soul [Paperback]

Judith Barrington (Author)
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June 1, 2004

Praise for History and Geography:

"Barrington's history, like Lowell's, is intensely personal; her geography, like Bishop's, extracts the familiar from the exotic and the exotic from the familiar."-The Nation

"She engages wittily with cultural differences . . . and gives a prominent place to what Elizabeth Bishop, of whom her writing sometimes reminds me, called 'questions of travel.'"-The Women's Review of Books

"Written in a voice at once steadfastly bold and gently intimate . . . Barrington demonstrates control of her material, transforming volatile feelings and almost unspeakable observations into cogent, vigorous poetry."-Publishers Weekly

Judith Barrington's memoir, Lifesaving, won the Lambda Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.


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Judith Barrington is an Anglo-American poet and memoirist, author of two previous volumes of poetry, Trying To Be an Honest Woman (1985) and History and Geography (1989), and Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art (1997). Her most recent book is Lifesaving: A Memoir (2000). Her awards include the Andres Berger Award, the Dulwich Festival International Poetry Contest, and the Stewart H.Holbrook Award for outstanding contributions to Oregon's literary life. She is the founder of Flight of the Mind Writing Workshops.

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  • Paperback: 84 pages
  • Publisher: Story Line Press (June 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1586540408
  • ISBN-13: 978-1586540401
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,501,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Barrington at her best, June 15, 2004
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This review is from: Horses and the Human Soul (Paperback)
This is the poet's third book of poems and marks a big leap forward in confidence, grasp of form, and weight of subject matter. She is sometimes funny, often wise, and the poems are elegant, some in traditional forms, others merely musical. There is a notable work about New York's twin towers ("AfterImage") written in old accentual verse, which, in its true form, falls into two columns remarkably like the towers themselves. There are a few political poems, transforming righteous indignation into poetry, and many poems rooted in the natural world and focusing on animals. The horses of the title appear even in poems not directly about them. This book will appeal to a wide range of readers including those normally wary of poetry. It is both accessible and a good read.
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