The Strength of a Named Thing: Poems [Paperback]

Brendan Galvin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807123986
• ISBN-13: 978-0807123980
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 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: #7,245,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read, December 8, 1999

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This review is from: The Strength of a Named Thing: Poems (Paperback)

This quintessential New England poet brings the same solid ear, wry humor, keen historical sense, and sharp eye for natural and social detail to every poem. He is one of our zestiest poets of things-as-they-are, happily allergic to obscurity, pretension, and gauzy abstraction. Every poem is *placed*: firmly located in time and space, naturally, but also placed with utmost care on the page. His sinewy free verse is given flexibility by his great control of syntax and his diction, as always, is capacious and thickly textured. Calling a poet "readable" these days might seem like damnation with faint praise, but to my mind we need a lot more poetry which combines accessibility, good humor, and intelligence as skillfully as Galvin always does. This collection is both meaty and enjoyable: a great read.