Burn and Dodge

By Sharon Dolin

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE 2007 DONALD HALL PRIZE IN POETRY

Selected by Bob Hicok

Burn and Dodge is part serious/part serious play and opens with a frank and occasionally antic exploration of contemporary vices, such as Guilt, Envy, and Regret. Some poems \u201cdodge\u201d such preoccupations by playing with a nonce form called sonnet/ghazal. The collection contains a sequence of poems called \u201cCurrent Events, \u201d based on newspaper stories. that is also a playful meditation on the nature of the interrogative pronouns (Who, What, Where, When . . . ) as well as another series of homophonic sonnets called \u201cClare-Hewn, \u201d which are aural \u201ctranslations\u201d of John Clare.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822960052
• ISBN13: 9780822960058
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"