Answering the Ruins

by Gregory Fraser

In his new collection, Gregory Fraser crafts extraordinary poems out of ordinary subjects such as relationships and childhood. Moving from narrative to monologue to lyric, he fills each poem with wise and tricky allusions and a rich range of expression. In "Autobiography at Seventeen," for example, his lines dance around idioms to make them fresh rather than familiar. "Cheat" explores the complicated interplay of hate and guilt, as unintended revenge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810125560
• ISBN13: 9780810125568
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.6"