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In 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems,
Music Like Dirt
, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structurenow, with
Star Dust
, finally complete.
In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and
shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.
is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Music Like Dirt
, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structurenow, with
Star Dust
, finally complete.
In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and
shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.
is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
In 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems,
Music Like Dirt
, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structurenow, with
Star Dust
, finally complete.
In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and
shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.
is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
Music Like Dirt
, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structurenow, with
Star Dust
, finally complete.
In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and
shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.
is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
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