Science and Other Poems (Paperback)

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Yes, the Hawthorne--Nathaniel--is ancestor to the poet, as well as the subject of one of the finer poems in the 1993 winner of the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award. Deming's work is deeply based in her New England life and landscape with its omnipresent ocean, beaching whales, and dense history. But it transcends regionalism in its political awareness. Deming has an unusual ability to spin autobiography together with its social context to create strong, moving poems. In the title poem, for instance, a science fair draws entries from children according to both their life experiences and their innate optimism; in the long "Letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne," the poet's life twines around family memories of the great author and expands to include the land and its current inhabitants. A fine, refined first book. Pat Monaghan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (March 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807119156
• ISBN-13: 978-0807119150
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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