Ghost Girl

Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, Amy Gerstler's new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirty-seven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a CD of Beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstler's abiding interests--in love and mourning, in science and pseudoscience, in the idea of an afterlife, in seances and magic--are all represented here. Entertaining and erudite, complex yet accessible, these poems will enhance Gerstler's reputation as an important contemporary poet.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 04/06/2004
ISBN: 9780142000649
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.24d
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/22/2004 pg. 81
Booklist 04/15/2004 pg. 1417
New York Times 05/16/2004 pg. 28
Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 87