Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave - by Kim Dower (Paperback)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From their alluring titles to their haunting last lines, the poems in Kim Dower's newest collection soothes, terrifies and always surprises, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary--death flipped inside out.</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>**<strong>Gold Medal in Poetry from the Independent Publisher Books Awards</strong>**</p> <p><strong>In Kim Dower's fourth collection, <em>Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave, </em> death has never felt so alive! Alluring titles to haunting last lines, the poems in Dower's fourth collection soothe, terrify, and always surprise, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary.</strong></p> <p>Acclaimed for combining the accessible and profound, humor and heartache, Dower's poetry continues to be quirky, dark, sexy, disarmingly candid, and moving, and here she explores the landscape of death and its intersections with love, longing, obsession, sadness, joy, and beauty. Wise and soaring, these poems bravely imagine another life beyond the one we all know where even the angels surrounding the graves are wearing bikinis, smoking Kool Lights.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Bold and sexy and smart."<br />--<strong>Stephen Dunn</strong></p> <p>By turns exuberant, sexy and sobering, Kim Dower's remarkable poems are known for their extraordinary range. This fourth collection finds her at the top of her game. Attuned to the oddness of the quotidian and grounding the metaphysical in the sharp sensations of daily life, the poems in <em>Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave</em> invite us to live as fully and generously as the poet herself.<br /> <strong>--Chris Kraus, bestselling author of <em>I Love Dick </em>and <em>After Kathy Acker</em></strong></p> <p>Kim Dower['s] poetry is stunning.<br /> <strong>--John Mutter, founder of <em>Shelf Awareness</em>, </strong></p> <p>Provocative and richly rewarding poetry.<br /><strong>--Jonathan Kirsch, <em>Jewish Journal Review</em></strong></p> <p>Kim Dower's poetry has a way of transforming everyday life into something luminous and unexpected. Simultaneously accessible and complex, whimsical and heartbreaking, Dower's poetry shines with subtle irony and playful imagination, written in a way that is empathetic and relatable, as well as full of wisdom. Something about Kim Dower's poetry always seems trustworthy.<strong><em><br /> --Culture Trip</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Interview and Reading with Kim Dower on Satallite Sisters Podcast</strong></p> <p><strong><em>The San Diego Tribune</em></strong> interview with Kim Dower and Erica Jong</p> <p>Radio Pet Lady (Featuring Kim Dower)</p> <p>Kim Dower's article for <strong><em>O Magazine</em></strong> on <em>Good Bones</em> by Maggie Smith<br /></p> <p>Featured interview on her IPPY Award win at Independent Publisher</p> <p>Poems featured in <em>Plume Poetry</em> <p>Mentioned in the LA Times Why working with Larry Flynt was an endless adrenaline rush--and an education</p><br><br><p>"Unexpected and sublime."<br />--<strong><em>O Magazine on <i>Slice of Moon</i></em></strong></p><br>
Price History
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us