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WHY THINGS BURN

Poems

Daphne Gottlieb

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English
Soft Skull Press
25 June 2001
This Lambda Literary Award nominee is a book of fierce, original poetry by one of San Francisco's leading poets and performers.

Educated without being didactic, lyrical without being doggerel, passionate without being over the top and sexy without being prurient, Why Things Burn is everything poetry should be, without many of the things that poetry unfortunately is. These pieces work both in performance and on the page. They tackle sexuality, lesbian issues, rape, modern urban living, and the author's Jewish heritage, with a sometimes kooky but always sophisticated view of life.
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Imprint:   Soft Skull Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 1mm
Weight:   181g
ISBN:   9781887128650
ISBN 10:   1887128654
Pages:   136
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Daphne Gottlieb is the award-winning author of ten books including her recent collection of short stories, Pretty Much Dead. Previous works include Dear Dawn- Aileen Wuornos in her Own Words, a collection of letters from Death Row by the ""first female serial killer"" to her childhood best friend. She is also the author of five books of poetry, editor of two anthologies, and, with artist Diane DiMassa, the co-creator of the graphic novel Jokes and the Unconscious. She has relentlessly toured coast to coast, headlining solo tours as well as appearing with Hal Sirowitz, Lydia Lunch, and Maggie Estep. She has appeared at SXSW, Bumbershoot, and LadyFest Bay Area, and her poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in more than 50 anthologies. Daphne is the winner of the Acker Award for Excellence in the Avant-Garde, the Audre Lorde Award for Poetry, the Firecracker Alternative Book Award, and is a five-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She lives in San Francisco, where she is frequently seen with her three-pound, toothless, humpback chihuahua, Doomsday Honeymoon, nestled in her arms.

Reviews for WHY THINGS BURN: Poems

...a wickedly smart sense of humour, edged with the pain of human fallibility...Clever, fun, and deep all at once. - Jennifer Joseph, San Francisco Bay Guardian Her poems have the complexity and depth of character that you expect from a good novel. She can also use everyday situations to create extraordinary verse. -Bay Area Reporter


  • Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Poetry) 2001
  • Winner of Firecracker Alternative Book Award (Wildcard/Special Recog.) 2002

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