Niagara Falls [Paperback]

Jim Daniels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

A long poem of 700 lines where three stories, growing up Catholic in the industrial North, a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and a pilgrimage to Assissi, Italy, are interwoven in a master work of fractured narration. The language is relaxed and upbeat where metaphysical concerns meet, head on, Pop culture.

Editorial Reviews

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"The poet's creative use of diction and vividly realistic imagery allows his ideas to come through clearly. Niagara Falls is an excellent example of the narrative voice of an extremely real and believable, although cynical and jaded, character." -- Allison Payne, in The Siren, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1995 A Small Press Review "Pick of the Month", 10-94

About the Author

Jim Daniels was born in 1956 in Detroit. His first book of poems, Places/Everyone, won the Brittingham Prize and was published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Other books are Punching Out (Wayne State University Press), M-80, and Blessing the House (University of Pittsburgh Press). He has edited the anthology, Letters to America: Contemporary Poetry on Race, wrote the screen play for the film, No Pets, and has published fiction and nonfiction in many journals and anthologies. He is currently working on writing a play for the stage. He lives in Pittsburgh and teaches at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 45 pages
• Publisher: Adastra Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938566636
• ISBN-13: 978-0938566632
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,251,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cinematic poetry worthy of a feature film follow-up, June 29, 1999

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This review is from: Niagara Falls (Paperback)

Again, Jim Daniels startles readers with a beautiful story, threaded with a trip back to Niagara Falls. To go into too much detail would be to rob the reader of a great ride.

This little book, consisting of the one long poem Niagara Falls, perfectly captures Daniels' transition from M-80 to Blessing the House-- it's a great snapshot of a writer in evolution, exercising new muscle in an incredibly effective way.

I would dub Niagara falls the masterpiece of Daniels' current catalog-- a certain must-have for any fan of his work.