Hip Logic
$52.00
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2002
Summary
The second collection of poetry from the author of Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018
Terrance Hayes is a dazzlingly original poet, interested in adventurous explorations of subject and form. His new work, Hip Logic, is full of poetic tributes to the likes of Paul Robeson, Big Bird, Balthus, and Mr. T, as well as poems based on the anagram…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142001394 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142001392 |
| Author: | Terrance Hayes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 145g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 140mm x 214mm |
| Series: | National Poetry Series |
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Critics Review
“Hayes is one elegant poet. First you’ll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase. Then you’ll notice the grace, the tenderness.” - Cornelius Eady “A book like no other… his range, like his original music, is that of a bold virtuoso … the imaginative logic in these poems is irrefutable.” - The Los Angeles Times
“Here is a brilliant and compassionate poet inventing new doorways for the heart.” - Toi Derricotte
About The Author
Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes received an MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. He was the recipient of a 1999 Whiting Writers Award, and his first collection of poetry, Muscular Music, was the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2000. He is currently an assistant professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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