Belmont : poems
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Format
Book
ISBN
9781555976446 (pbk.)
Physical Desc
96 pages ; 23 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Falmouth - Main Library - Adult | 811.5 Burt | On Shelf |
Mashpee Public Library - Adult | 811.54 BUR | On Shelf |
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Language
English
ISBN
9781555976446 (pbk.)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
Description
In Belmont, poet Stephen Burt maps out the joys and the limits of the life he has chosen, the life that chose him, examining and reimagining parenthood, marriage, adulthood, and suburbia alongside a brace of wild or pretty alternatives: the impossible life of a girl raised by cats, the disappointed lives of would-be rock stars, and the real life to which he returns, with his family, in the town that gives the book its name, driving home in an ode-worthy silver Subaru. Can a life be invented the way a poem can? What does it mean for a precocious child, or a responsible grownup, to depict the world we want? With wit, beauty, tenderness, and virtuosity, these poems define the precarious end of extended adolescence, and then ask what stands beyond.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burt, S. Belmont: poems .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burt, Stephanie, 1971-. Belmont: Poems. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burt, Stephanie, 1971-. Belmont: Poems .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burt, Stephanie. Belmont: Poems
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