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I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head (Wesleyan Poetry) Hardcover – December 1, 1986

by Yusef Komunyakka (Author)
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  1. Print length
    88 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Wesleyan University Press
  4. Publication date
    December 1, 1986
  5. ISBN-10
    0819551449
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0819551443
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Komunyakaa's poems create and populate a world in which the linchpins of common sense and everyday appearances come loose, "where simple/ answers fall like ashes/ through an iron grate." Photographers airbrush the truth, Cinderella wakes up in a California pleasure dome. Even individual poems take on phantasmagoric dimensions akin to Bosch's busy but fascinating paintings as the poet reels off catalogs of apocalyptic events: "A white goat/ is staring into windows again./ Bats clog the chimney like rags./ An angel in the attic/ mends a torn wing." The invention is considerable, and though the accretion of wild images and preposterous characters eventually wears thin, this volume showcases a talented surrealist whose future work will warrant close attention. Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wesleyan University Press; First Edition (December 1, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0819551449
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0819551443
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces

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