Viper Rum
In her third collection of poetry, Viper Rum, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics, some of which, as the title suggests, deal with drink: I cast back to those last years I drank, alone nights at the kitchen...
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In her third collection of poetry, Viper Rum, Mary Karr delves into autobiographical subject matter; various beloveds are birthed and buried in these touching lyrics, some of which, as the title suggests, deal with drink: I cast back to those last years I drank, alone nights at the kitchen sink, bathrobed, my head hatching snakes, while my baby slept in his upstairs cage and my marriage choked to death Precise and surprising, Karr's poems "take on the bedevilments of fate and grief with a diabolical edge of their own" (Poetry). Also included is Karr's controversial and prize-winning essay "Against Decoration," in which she took aim against the verbal ornaments that too often pass for poetry these days-the "new formalism" that elevates form to an end itself.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142000182 (0142000183)
Publish date: September 1st 2001
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Just look at the cover of this poetry collection, and know after reading this review. It's something you can sink your teeth into.I will be looking into more of Mary Karr. My favorites below.-Viper Rum-Incant Against Suicide-The Last of the Brooding Miserables-Terminus-Domestic Ruins-Lifecycle Stair...