Odd Mercy: Poems

By Gerald Stern

Book Overview

The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled Hot Dog, named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In Hot Dog, and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues--hope, memory, faith--that have always occupied him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393316300
• ISBN13: 9780393316308
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"