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  • Series: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry (Book 16)
  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: University of North Texas Press (April 28, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1574412582
  • ISBN-13: 978-1574412581
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsan inner projection. as if god, who else ...
By barton on April 8, 2015
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an inner projection. as if god, who else, has given you a machete then placed you in the middle of an open field. Alison Stine is a poet whose language means what it transcribes. this book took six years to reach me. I recognize it. I come from violence. I inflict, on others, Ohio.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOhio Violence
By Sarah Green on October 27, 2009
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"Love is a story told to a friend/It's second-hand"--Joni Mitchell
"Alison's starting to happen to me"--The Lemonheads

Imagine you step into a vintage clothing store in a new city. You see: the usual mix of leather jackets, crinoline, motorcycle t-shirts, a yellow sundress, a poison ring. Only all of these clothes belong to Alison Stine, and she's there, saying, "Try this-- it'll fit you better" or "This shirt I've never even worn." As you stand in front of the full-length mirror, tags dangling from your sleeves, you start to see, slowly, what Stine sees: A bullied girl in a science classroom; a sleight-of-hand trick in a dark auditorium; a teenager running in snow from a party.

Alison Stine loans us her poems like costumes to try or weapons to borow. Like magic tools, they carry a risk of sight, of quick travel. Like hand-me-downs, they bring an expectation of being further passed along when the next celebration, the next neighbor kid, calls for them. Second-hand, they have a fleece comfort. Spell-dark, they arrive with a falcon's grip.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe theme of these free form lyrics is that of emotional conflicts and interpersonal distress
By Midwest Book Review on May 15, 2009
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Poetry, among many other things, reflects the skill of the poet to conjure up images and emotions through the use of more than just words, but words with cadence, rhythm, and resonance. An award winning poet, Alison Stine has truly mastered the craft of creating just such verse and "Ohio Violence" is a representative compilation of her work. The theme of these free form lyrics is that of emotional conflicts and interpersonal distress in the seemingly placid environs of the American Midwest. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Ohio Violence" is highly recommended reading and an excellent introduction to one of contemporary America's best and brightest in the poetry field. 'White Fence': These nights I think I know what the world wants./Mostly, an ending: the glaciers awake, harbors//turned to meadows. But you, you were different,/alert at the edge, awaiting some directions. We seek//death because we are strange to it. Mostly I imagine/you riding your bicycle into the trees, as far as you//could, until dead wood. What was it your were/seeking? the forest's center stillness, more limbs//on the ground than in air? Other times I think/I told you to go, turning to the light to see what fell there.//Nothing, then the whitest wing, water moths of snow/which clung to trees until the trees thinned, half//in shadow, half gone, in this way like acid. this then/is your gift to me: distance, a white fence. Ask yourself//is this what you wanted? Go on. Ask me anything.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Glimpse
By J. Wahlgren on February 14, 2009
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Alison Stine is a success creating an interpretation of a new world in Ohio Violence. The structures of the poems gather & are always fathomable, with the introduction of characters & scenes, mainly situations, a deer killing, a student picking at scabs, a coach in the fields, all the events that occur inside the mind of the writer. Whether these events are real or created makes little difference; the reader is left with a mystery: what happens? Signs & sayings linger & last, events, which risk becoming trivial turn into portraits of perfection. The flawless delivery & very awakening of the poems also leave the reader with a sense of wonderment. These poems are dangerous, beware.
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou Must Read This.
By Scarlett O' Hara on February 28, 2009
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This book is filled with poems of remarkable lyricism and luminous intensity. Alison Stine leads her reader through brilliant stories that read like songs -- narratives that leave the reader breathless and enlightened and gasping for more. It is a book that captivated me from the first; it is a book I read voraciously from cover to cover once, then twice, and now find myself turning to again and again.
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