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Allegory of the Supermarket: Poems (The Contemporary Poetry) Paperback – January 1, 1999

by Stephanie Brown (Author)
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Stephanie Brown offers a hint of something curiously ominous through the sly epigraph she chooses from Henry James―"The amount of thought they give to their clothing, the people who are afraid of looking frivolous!" But we should already have known something unsettling was about to happen from this book's title, which suggests the devastating playfulness at work in these poems. One poem deals with vacationing librarians: "it's not so simple that we're prim and went to the exotic / Though perhaps that's what the story really is." What the story "really is" is sometimes what it seems but with a twist; and it is sometimes so ironically envisioned you would hardly believe this was California. These poems are indeed allegorical, but this is a thoroughly modern allegory dealing with a frighteningly up-to-date set of situations.
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  1. Print length
    104 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Georgia Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.27 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0820320684
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0820320687
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"alimarben"
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Great for women of all natures, especially other writers who are able to appreciate and understand Brown's astute observation of human behavior and all its flaws. GREAT READ. You'll return to this book to enjoy how fresh each poem is--no matter how many times you've read them. I especially love the poems that address beauty and weight concerns, as well as our tendency to become obsessed with the exterior. Her title poem is great, too. A very unique allegory that will have you thinking profoundly the next time you go grocery shopping. READ IT!
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Nichola
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Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2002
This is a poetry book I keep coming back to. It's great for a quiet night inside; it's honest, brave, and empowering. As a poet myself, I return to Brown's book because of the admiration I have for the style and veracious voice she uses to examine some of culture's most inexplicable reasonings. This book is definately one of my favorites and I recommend it whole-heartedly.
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