Of the Mismatched Teacups, of the Single-Serving Spoon: A Book of Failures

by Jenny Boully

Poetry. "I've never come across a book with the conceit of Boully's latest, which explicitly presents 'poetic failures, ' 'embarrassments, short-comings, and all' written over the course of many years, mostly in thrall to the existential condition she aptly terms 'pining.' Her conclusion, which comes after waves of diverse poetic experiments have crashed and receded, is that 'nothing written will bring love.' It is a wise and unusual finding in a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938055055
• ISBN13: 9781938055058
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Coconut Books
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 7.5"