Totem - (Apr Honickman 1st Book Prize) by Gregory Pardlo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize, with an introduction by Brenda Hillman.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"Gregory Pardlo . . . wants to explore the druidic function of art, the works of jazz musicians, painters, poets, and others who live imaginatively, expand reality, and make imagination free."--Brenda Hillman, from the introduction</p><p> <i>Totem</i>, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize, is the debut of a poet who has been <i>listening</i> for decades. In his youth, Gregory Pardlo heard stories of factory hours and picket lines from his father; in the bars, clubs, and on the radio he listens to jazz and blues, the rhythms, beats, and aspirations of which all of which seep into his poems.</p><p>A former Cave Canem fellow, Pardlo creates work that is deeply autobiographical, drifting between childhood and adult life. He speaks a language simultaneously urban and highbrow, seamlessly switching from art analysis to sneakers hung over the telephone lines. Deeply rooted in a blue-collar world, he produces snapshots of a life that is so specific it becomes universal.</p><p> <b>From "Vincent's Shoes" </b></p><p> <i>On the wall above my desk: a pen</i><br> <i>and ink affair which I copied</i><br> <i>from a print hanging in the sushi</i><br> <i>bar down the block: </i><br> <i>inflected necks of pedestrians on a bridge</i><br> <i>in the rain and here I hung</i><br> <i>the hightops from a power line.</i><br> <i>It was in me to do. I felt it in my gut</i><br> <i>the way Vincent might have felt</i><br> <i>the wheat fields and the smoking socket</i><br> <i>of the sun rattling, tweezed days</i><br> <i>late into the ear of an aluminum bowl</i></p><p> <b>Gregory Pardlo</b> teaches at Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York, and lives in Brooklyn.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gregory Pardlo won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize for his debut volume of poetry, Totem. He teaches creative writing at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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