The Devil's Tour

by Mary Karr

Book Overview

In her celebrated essay "Against Decoration," published in Parnassus , Mary Karr took aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days and their attendant justifications:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811212319
• ISBN13: 9780811212311
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 51 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

poetry as I wish it were more often...

The poems in 'The Devils' Tour' are gorgeous - straightforward, but far from simpleminded. I am generally quite wary of poetry... there is so much potential for either intellectual elitism or, conversely, oversentimental silliness. Not so here. The first poem ('Coleman') - a recollection of a young interracial friendship or romance and its consequences - is especially beautiful, and also very sad. A book of poetry definitely worth owning.