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A poem in which four little boys explore the world around them. ... Read more

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Houdini is a verse drama -- part biography, part fantasy/ Exploring issues of illusion and reality, Rukeyser leads us from Houdini's childhood (picking up pins with his eyelids) to acts under water and onstage, and his congressional testimony against spritual mediums. Dedicated and willed to Rukeyser's longtime companion, Houdini reveals subtexts of homosexuality, desire, race, and grief. The play's late sixties, early seventies language merges with timeless themes and the utterly seductive subject to appeal to Houdini devotees, poetry fans, and theater people nationwide. ... Read more

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A little boy and his grandmother explore the real and imaginary worlds of nighttime and darkness. ... Read more

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POEMS OF: Elders—Birth—Children—Couples—Parenting—Family Portraits—Family Life—Aging—Death



POEMS BY: Elders: Louise Bogan, e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Galway Kinnell, Denise Levertov, Audre Lorde, Edgar Lee Masters, Kenneth Patchen, Theodore Roethke, Muriel Rukeyser, William Carlos Williams, James Wright

Contemporaries: Nin Andrews, Maggie Anderson, Antler, Ellen Bass, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Laura Treacy Bentley, Abigail Beckel, CL Bledsoe, Don Bogen, Allen Braden, Jeanne Bryner, Gregory Byrd, Neil Carpathias, Richard Carr, Johnson Cheu, Daryl Ngee Chinn, David Citino, Paola Corso, Alice Cone, Barbara Crooker, Thomas Rain Crowe, Jim Daniels, Kate Daniels, Todd Davis, Susan Elbe, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Diane Gilliam Fisher, Kathleen Fraser, Allen Frost, Richard Garcia, David Lee Garrison, Suzannah Gilman, William Greenway, Tina Mozelle Harris, Joy Harjo, Steven Haven, Rasma Haidri, David Hassler, Michael Hettich, Marianna Hofer, Holly Hughes, Bonnie Jacobson, Hershman John, George Kalamaras, Arthur Winfield Knight, Ted Kooser, Lolette Kuby, Li-Young Lee, Jim Lenfestey, Cathy Lentes, Lyn Lifshin, Diane Lockward, Laura Loomis,Jack McGuane, Michael McGriff, Irene McKinney, Sandra Marshburn, Peter Meinke, Andrew Merton, Corey Mesler, Robert Miltner, Greg Moglia, Sean Nevin, Edwina Pendarvis, Lynn Powell, David Pichaske, Chad Prevost, David Ray, Susan Rich, William Pitt Root, Michael Salinger, Vivian Shipley, Penelope Scambly Schott, Derek Sheffield, Noelle Sickels,Larry Smith, Gary Soto, Margo Solod, P. J. Taylor, Marianne Taylor, Richard Tayson, Susan Terris, Carine Topal, Jim Tolan, Eric Torgersen, Pamela Uschuk, Jeff Vande Zande, Claudia Van Gerven, Adam Vines, Gail Waldstein, Ron Wallace, Toshi Washizu, Mary E.Weems, Patricia Wellingham-Jones ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Could be better...
The reason I picked this book up was to read Octavio Paz in the Spanish (which I appear to be having a difficult time locating a spanish language, as opposed to bilingual, collection of his poetry.but anyway...).I give the poetry itself, as Octavio Paz wrote it, 5 stars.I give the translation about 2 stars.Understandably, translating poetry is always difficult, and I am trying to take that into account as I review this work.However, there are quite a few outright errors in this book.For instance, (let the reader beware that I haven't figured out how to make accent marks in Amazon, so some words must of necessity be misspelled) in the poem titled "Fabula" I count 4 separate errors, 2 of which I must consider inexcusable.line 12: Aquel arbol cantaba reia y prefetizaba.The translation reads: And as it grew it sang laughed prophecied.A more accurate one:That tree sang laughed and prophecied."Grew" doesn't appear anywhere in the spanish.line 13: Sus vaticinios cubrian de alas el espacio.The translation: It cast the spells that cover space with wings.(What?Where is the translator pulling this stuff from?)Should read: Its predictions covered space with wings.line 20: Son las palabras del lenguaje que hablamos.The translation: They were the words of the language we speak.Apparently the translator doesn't know how to conjugate his verbs, because "Son" means "They are" not "They were."And last but not least, line 21 is missing from the translation entirely.Inexcusable.Thank God I can read Spanish.Anyway, buy the book for his poems, ignore the translations.Cheers.

A great poet's early work
"Early Poems 1935-1955," by Octavio Paz, is an excellent collection of work from this important Latin American writer. This is a bilingual edition, with Paz' Spanish originals on each even-numbered page, and English translations on each odd-numbered page. The translations represent the collaborative work of several individuals: Muriel Rukeyser (who also wrote a foreword), Paul Blackburn, Lysander Kemp, Denise Levertov, and William Carlos Williams.

The poems in this book represent a mix of short, haiku-like verses; prose poems; and longer poems. Although Paz is a distinctive and original talent, some of his work seems to echo the spirit of such earlier poets as William Blake, Walt Whitman, and Stephen Crane.

Paz often writes about writing and language, often with a metaphysical, reality-warping perspective. His poems include a multicultural mix of interesting references: Polyphemus, Buddha, Tlaloc, the Tower of Babel, etc. He uses much striking imagery, and frequently his writing has a prophetic tone.

There are many fine poems in this collection, but I was particularly impressed by "The prisoner," his stunning homage to the Marquis de Sade: "The letters of your name are still a scar that will not heal, / the tattoo of disgrace on certain faces." If you are interested in Latin American literature or 20th century poetry, I recommend this book. ... Read more

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Brief humorous verse on a variety of topics. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 4047 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Muriel Rukeyser - The FBI Files is a high quality publication of the official records and files of the Federal Buereau of Investigations related to Muriel Rukeyser. Muriel Rukeyser, author, poet, and editorial free lance writer, came to the attention of t ... Read more