The Commandrine and Other Poems - by Joyelle McSweeney (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A verse-play that tells the story of sailors Zest, Coast, Ivory, Irish, and their run-in with the Devil.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The brilliance of Joyelle McSweeney's poems is a given; what remains delightfully open to negotiation are its methodologies and its mien. In her second book McSweeney finds her subjects in the long form; The Commandrine is a verse-play that in nine scenes tells the story of sailors Zest, Coast, Ivory, and Irish, and their run-in with the Devil.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"'Shall I exercise my command?' asks the commandrine, making it clear that this poem, and the rest of this nervy collection, has that most fundamental question of art making at stake: What constitutes the authority of the artist? McSweeney offers no real answer to the ancient unanswerable, but raises the question in a manner as convincing as it is playful."--Publishers Weekly<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Joyelle McSweeney earned her BA from Harvard and holds an MPhil in English Studies from Oxford University, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Brief reviews of hers have appeared in The Boston Review. She is a Professor in the Creative Writing Department at Notre Dame University.
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