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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home
Hurricane Katrina truly devastated New Orleans, leaving it so it'll never be the same again. "Jealous Witness" is a collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home when he immigrated there. The poetry focusing on the loss of their homes and the ongoing reconstruction of what was lost. Enhanced with a music CD from the New...
Published on October 10, 2008 by Midwest Book Review
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I, Zealous & Witless
Jealous Witness by Andrei Codrescu Palinode Stesichorus faulted Helen for that thing at Troy. The fault so very melan- cholic was of that Paris boy. Up a goddess got her dander & blinded the poet for his slander. How about the other way around with praise instead of blame? Perhaps...
Published on August 21, 2009 by Bob J. Baker
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home,
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This review is from: Jealous Witness (Paperback)
Hurricane Katrina truly devastated New Orleans, leaving it so it'll never be the same again. "Jealous Witness" is a collection of poetry from Romanian born Andrei Codrescu, who adopted the Big Easy as his home when he immigrated there. The poetry focusing on the loss of their homes and the ongoing reconstruction of what was lost. Enhanced with a music CD from the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, "Jealous Witness" is a grand blend of music and poetry, sure to please those who want a taste of the indomitable spirit of New Orleans. "Morning": sometimes when they shut off the faucets/i think of the Chinese mailmen/how they must feel holding/birds full of letters./i would like to walk with them/into the small/circumcisions/at the top of the houses/through which hands protrude waiting/for telegrams./because this is a country of telegrams/we emerge from holding shocked doorknobs/between our knees.
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Jealous Witness
by Andrei Codrescu Palinode Stesichorus faulted Helen for that thing at Troy. The fault so very melan- cholic was of that Paris boy. Up a goddess got her dander & blinded the poet for his slander. How about the other way around with praise instead of blame? Perhaps that's equally unsound: "blinded by love," by fame. I, Zealous & witless with praise before witness --I hoped so much from the man-- what must, should be, rather than what now my newly sighted eyes descry. I dry an open one & sadly sigh. Thus, recanting like that old Greek, I for forgiveness ask & seek. |
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Jealous Witness by Andrei Codrescu (Paperback - September 1, 2008)
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