Hurt Thyself (Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series) (Volume 17) - Softcover
Between The Sexes What is the chance she smiles on this rivalry declared in the unspoken as chivalry, even one glance shot in the glass, while ahead he waits holding the door half-open, half-closed. Andrew Steinmetz's second collection of poetry turns a clinical eye on his favourite subjects - love, marriage, power, fantasy, and art. At the crossroads of the credos "know thyself" and "heal thyself," Steinmetz adopts a "hurt thyself" attitude that is sardonic and compassionate. Using a tersely sensitive language that relies on the poet's own speaking voice, Hurt Thyself betrays a slightly ominous and skewed philosophical rigor. The implications of the poet's examined life are poems that feel emotionally exposed yet discriminating and sceptical.
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Andrew Steinmetz is the editor of Esplanade Books and the author of a memoir, Wardlife, and a collection of poetry, Histories.
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"Charged with emotional freight, Steinmetz delivers what so few of his contemporaries dare: a divorce from prosaic rhythms and a heated affair with untested syntax."
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- PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0773529780
- ISBN 13 9780773529786
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages96
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Hurt Thyself (The Hugh Maclennan Poetry Series): Volume 17
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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ISBN 10: 0773529780
ISBN 13: 9780773529786
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