Walking Barefoot In Glassblowers Museum [Paperback]

Ellyn Maybe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Earnest and confessional in the best sense, these poems about self and vulnerability reveal Ellyn Maybe’s beliefs in family, love, idealism, and identity. Named one of the Top 10 Poets to Watch in the Millennium by Writer’s Digest, Maybe's dazzling language wraps unexpected images of beauty and purity around everyday observations and experiences. These are poems that demand rereading yet instantly pull the reader into a world at once personal and universal. "One of the coolest poets you’ll ever read — she’s magic." — Henry Rollins

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"She brings a wildness to her poetry, an unexpectedness ... that leaves me a little scared of what's coming next..." -- Las Vegas City Life, July 2003

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Manic D Press, Inc. (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916397807
• ISBN-13: 978-0916397807
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,935,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly impressive control of language and imagery, January 5, 2003

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This review is from: Walking Barefoot In Glassblowers Museum (Paperback)

Ellyn Maybe's poetry showcases her beliefs in family, love, and identity, along with an anti-establishment idealism. She also presents the reader with a truly impressive control of language and imagery. Desert Grain: It's as if you put 5 pennies in a gumball machine/and out came grace./Sometimes vocabulary does the shimmy with humility./You make parentheses bend over in a choreography worthy/of Merce Cunningham./You've learned the capital city of Psyche is empathy./You are brilliance blinded with candor./You don't act as though you keep a dictionary in your underwear./There's an astronomy to knowing which way/the planetarium's beard points tonight./There's a hymn crossing your cheekbones./There's a sand glass painting with your name on it/and I'd steal a desert grain by grain to give you more time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Kind of Beauty, December 2, 2002

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This review is from: Walking Barefoot In Glassblowers Museum (Paperback)

This woman's poetry comes from an old soul: sensitive, deep, and quietly angry. The injustice of circumstance, the confusion of unrequited love, the melancholy and longing that go along with everyday living are just a few of the themes explored here... it resonates back and demands being read over and over. Really intense but beautiful...