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Looking Up: Poems from the National Cathedral Gargoyles Paperback – July 11, 2012

by Jeff Sypeck (Author)

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From light verse and straightforward sonnets to strange soliloquies and songs, Looking Up gives voice to the stony figures that adorn Washington National Cathedral--the beasts, fiends, and sentinels that watch us as we pass unknowingly beneath them.

Rooted in folklore and myth, medieval history, and the cathedral's restorative gardens and grounds, the 53 poems in this book awaken some of Washington's most enigmatic residents. Whether malevolent or benign, each creature offers its own solution to an old, beguiling riddle: "What do they want of us, those long-necked gargoyles who howl in the heights?"

Proceeds from this book will benefit Washington National Cathedral's earthquake repair fund.
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  1. Reading age
    1 year and up
  2. Print length
    138 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.35 x 9.02 inches
  5. Publication date
    July 11, 2012
  6. ISBN-10
    110590315X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1105903151
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Jeff Sypeck has lived within walking distance of Washington National Cathedral since 1995. Born and raised in New Jersey, he taught medieval literature at the University of Maryland University College for ten years. He also wrote the 2006 book Becoming Charlemagne.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lulu.com
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 11, 2012
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ null
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 138 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 110590315X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1105903151
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.35 x 9.02 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #531,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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  • morningmagenta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Purchased as a gift...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2013
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    I bought this little volume of poetry inspired by the gargoyles of the Washington National Cathedral as a gift for my uncle, a native Washingonian. I chose this in particular because of my friendship with the photographer who captured the cover image! The book did not disappoint. It is both fun and inspiring...
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    2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015
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    I really like gargoyles and book had good pictures. Didn't care for most of the accompanying poems.
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  • Anna Tambour
    5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who appreciates ugly beauty and intelligent fun
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2012
    If medlars and gargoyles had bestowing rights (not to mention all of us including the ghosts of Chaucer, Seuss, and Carroll; all who value the fun, the pun, the music, the raucously empathetic life condensed to verse that runs over your tongue like a brook over stones--instead of Iowanic tripe or poetry is anytng you rit n cl potry)--Jeff Sypeck would be given the post of poet laureate instead of those who do.

    This series of poems and pictures by a historian/poet/photographer has grown partly because he couldn't help it, I suppose, but also because there are many of us who've egged him on. We're addicted now.

    A superb gift for someone you love, if that person is worth a gargoyle's stony regard.
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