The Revisionist's Dream: Poems [Paperback]

Renee Ashley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

The third collection of Ashley's poetry (following the Brittingham Prize-winning Salt and The Various Reasons of Light). A portion of one of the poems (First Book of the Moon III) has been chosen to be engraved in marble and placed on the wall in the new Penn Station Terminal in Manhattan.

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About the Author

Renee Ashley's collection "Salt" won the Brittingham Prize in Poetry (U. Wisconsin Press, 1991). She has received the Ruth Lake Memorial and Robert H. Winner Awards from the Poetry Society of America; the Award for Emerging Writers and the Award for Literary Excellence from the Kenyon Review; the 1996 Chelsea Award in Poetry, the 1997 American Literar Review Award in Poetry, and fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Natl. Endowment for the Arts. She is assistant poetry coordinator for the Geraldine R. Dodge Fdn.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Avocet Pr Inc; 1 edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970504926
• ISBN-13: 978-0970504920
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 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: #2,888,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sure and Strong, October 14, 2001

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Ashley's THE REVISIONIST'S DREAM is a really great book - why haven't I heard of this author before? A friend recommended this book to me and I can't wait to read her other two books. These poems are informed by mythology and tale and are both truly revisionist poems and poems of a more contemporary nature that share images and ideas with the mythological ones. Ashley's writing is sure and strong. She has a great ear for lyricism and a remarkable sense of line. Not to mention an equally great sense of humor - some of these poems are really, really funny and still maintain their depth and resonance. Read "The Weaving: Her Voice (Another Poem About Penelope)" to see what I mean. This is humor with a point on it. These poems are both startling and riveting. Another interesting thing is that the book is cohesive, works as a book-as-a-whole. These poems couldn't have been thrown together randomly. There's obviously a great deal of thought behind the composition and compiling of this volume. I recommend THE REVISIONIST'S DREAM highly and will look eagerly for new work by this author.