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A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel, by the poet-laureate of Santa Barbara, ranges through philosophy, art and history--both global and domestic--to skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light that may show us the way out.
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A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel, by the poet-laureate of Santa Barbara, ranges through philosophy, art and history-both global and domestic-to skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light that may show us the way out.
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David Starkey's A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel is a far-ranging and fearless collection, of great humour and intelligence and sympathy. Ranging through philosophy and art and history -- both global and domestic -- these poems skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light thta may show us the way out.
Author Biography
David Starkey: David Starkey is the Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, California, and Director of the Creative Writing program at Santa Barbara City College. Among his poetry collections are Starkey's Book of States (Boson Books, 2007), Adventures of the Minor Poet (Artamo Press, 2007), Ways of Being Dead: New and Selected Poems (Artamo, 2006), David Starkey's Greatest Hits (Pudding House, 2002) and Fear of Everything, winner of Palanquin Press's Spring 2000 chapbook contest.
Review
"Here's a poet who's ambitious and yet playful, who gets at essential truths from a variety of angles and emotions. His writing is sharp and clear and often catches you by surprise."—Jinny Webber, Rattle
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A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel , by the poet-laureate of Santa Barbara, ranges through philosophy, art and history--both global and domestic--to skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light that may show us the way out.
Review Text
"When a poem called 'Hitler's Art' begins 'I hate to admit it, but he wasn't bad,' you know the poet isn't afraid to look at anything. The great philosophers weave in and out of these poems, hand in hand with the great criminals, and David Starkey is a step behind them, missing nothing. There's a dark joy to this book; it's feverish and beautiful, 'a glimmering aria,' as one poem says, 'to everything that's yet to go wrong.'"
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"Here's a poet who's ambitious and yet playful, who gets at essential truths from a variety of angles and emotions. His writing is sharp and clear and often catches you by surprise."Jinny Webber, Rattle
Details ISBN189723189X Author David Starkey Short Title FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABT Publisher Biblioasis Language English ISBN-10 189723189X ISBN-13 9781897231890 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811.54 Year 2010 Imprint Biblioasis Place of Publication Emeryville Country of Publication Canada Birth 1962 UK Release Date 2010-04-29 Publication Date 2010-04-29 Pages 72 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-04-14 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this
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