In the Permanent Collection

by Stefanie Wortman

Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2013.

Trying to make sense of a disordered world, Stefanie Wortman's debut collection examines works of art as varied as casts of antique sculpture, 19th-century novels, and even scenes from reality television to investigate the versions of order that they offer. These deft poems yield moments of surprising levity even as they mount a sharp critique of human folly.

"These poems seem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574415549
• ISBN13: 9781574415544
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"