Name: Grimalkin and Other Poems
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Author: Thomas Lynch
ISBN: 9780224039734

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Lynch

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Year

1994

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780224039734

Edition No.

Grimalkin and Other Poems

Thomas Lynch (Author) · Jonathan Cape · Paperback

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Synopsis "Grimalkin and Other Poems "

The poems in Grimalkin - Thomas Lynch's first publication in Britain are all concerned, in one way or another, with achieving a balance in the face of gravity. In each poem, Lynch is looking for this equilibrium between equal and opposing forces: the gravities of sex and death, love and grief - all the things that make us breathless and horizontal, mortal and memorable. By means of a wry, mordant wit, telling observation and glorious poise, we are shown the strong tensions that make us human: the forces in our nature that create, replicate, restore, renew us; and those that kill us, constrict our lives, silence us. From spirited invective to meditations on morality, from lyrics of love and desire to a corrosive flyting to his ex-wife, these poems explore an extraordinary emotional range and technical facility but, more importantly, they reveal a compassionate, wise, and genial humanity.

Thomas Lynch

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Thomas Lynch (Detroit, 1948), American poet and essayist, director for over forty years of a funeral home in Milford, Michigan, is the author of the poetry books Skating With Heather Grace (1987), Grimalkin and Other Poems (1994), Still Life in Milford (1998) and the essay book Bodies in Motion and at Rest (2000). Lynch's poems and essays have appeared in major publications such as The New Yorker, Harper's, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, and The London Review of Books, among others. He has received several awards both domestically and internationally, including those given by The National Book Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Arvon Foundation in England. The Undertaking is his most important book of essays, translated into seven languages, winner of the American Book Award and the Heartland Prize for nonfiction, and a finalist for the National Book Award.

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