Odd Mercy: Poems

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/1997
ISBN: 9780393316308
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.51w x 0.45d