Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse [Paperback]

David Trinidad (Author), Jeffery Conway (Author), Lynn Crosbie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2003

“A triumph, a contemporary satyrican.”—D.A. Powell

This three-way, groundbreaking, e-mail deconstruction of All About Eve is a treasure-trove of poetic forms, cinephile gossip and literary visitations.

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Phoebe 2002 is a brilliant book. It's funny, peculiar, sometimes poetic, restless, artless and moving. -- Toronto Globe

About the Author

David Trinidad teaches at Columbia College, Chicago. He has taught at Rutgers, Princeton and Antioch (L.A.). His previous poetry collection, Plasticville, was published by Turtle Point Press in 2000. That book was shortlisted for the Lenore Marshall Prize of The Academy of American Poets. With Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton he edited Saints of Hysteria.

Product Details

• Paperback: 650 pages
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885586892
• ISBN-13: 978-1885586896
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding and Incandescent and Sublime!, December 16, 2003

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James A. Crescitelli (Winter Park, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse (Paperback)

I can not convey how thrilled I was reading Phoebe 2002... I literally could not put it down. Having always been a great fan of the movie, as well as an independent bookstore manager, I relished the opportunity to delve into this giant book-- and what a great journey it was! It's basically a deconstruction(every reference to the book mentions this form; why should I be any different?) of the "All About Eve" script, filled with hundreds of movie references, literary allusions, myriad footnotes, eMailed tangents, personal revelations, and the like. It will have you groping for the serious tomes and collections on your bookshelves, eager to look up their whispered asides, as well as giving rise to a desire to re-acquaint yourselves with literary classics. Woven throughout is the basis of this epic-- the character Eve, Lady Eve, the cunning, ambitious life-sucker who was Bette Davis' nemesis in the movie. She explodes into a mushroom cloud of creation, ultimately unable to see those standing and waiting just behind her for all the smoke. Tellingly, the three authors come to agreements regarding the inherent evil in the character of Karen, which is something I have always espoused: Karen is a louse! I highly recommend this book. What an exhilarating read it was, a definite blast of fresh air! It'll have you running to view the film again...as well as toward your Dante and Milton. Bravi!!