Medicine

Amy Gerstler

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Penguin Random House Australia
01 June 2000

Poetry

Series: Penguin Poets

Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine, she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella's wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife--are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.

By: Amy Gerstler
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 119g
ISBN: 9780140589245
ISBN 10: 0140589244
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"MedicinePrayer for Jackson To a Young Woman in a Coma Nearby The Bear-Boy of Lithuania The Naturalist's Wife Yom Kippur in Utah The Story of Toasted Cheese A Nautical Tale Loss An Attempt at Solace Scorched Cinderella A Non-Christian on Sunday Lovesickness: a radio play for four disembodied voices The Bride Goes Wild Overheard at the Watering Hole Prescription for Living To My Husband, on the First Anniversary of His Mother's Death A Sage in Retirement Spring Tonic Cut-Up July 3rd Address to a Broom The Holy Storm Things That Loosen the Tongue Word Salad Mysterious Tears Retreat Medicine A Crushed House Corpse and Mourner Fugutive Color A Severe Lack of Holiday Spirit ""The landscape sends us our beloved"" Tidings Nightfall"

Amy Gerstler is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Paris Review and Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter Angel won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are Crown of Weeds, 1997, and Nerve Storm, 1993.

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