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- Ex-Library
- ISBN
- 9780820330877
- Book Title
- Seriously Funny : Poems about Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Poetry
- Topic
- Anthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General
- Item Weight
- 24.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 440 Pages
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Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, Seriously Funny ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfoolery to those that glow with quiet wit to ones in which a laugh erupts in the midst of terrible darkness. Most of the selections were made in the editors' battered compact car, otherwise known as the Seriously Funny Mobile Unit. During the two years in which Barbara Hamby and David Kirby made their choices, they'd set out with a couple of boxes of books in the back seat, and whoever wasn't driving read to the other. When they found that a poem made both of them think but laugh as well, they earmarked it. Readers will find a true generosity in these poems, an eagerness to share ideas and emotions and also to entertain. The singer Ali Farka Touré said that honey is never good when it's only in one mouth, and the editors of Seriously Funny hope its readers find much to share with others.
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Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820330876
ISBN-13
9780820330877
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78353761
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Book Title
Seriously Funny : Poems about Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), American / General
Genre
Poetry
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
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Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"From Frank O'Hara's 'Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)' and John Ashbery's 'Daffy Duck in Hollywood' to a host of younger poets now writing 'seriously funny' poems, this anthology argues eloquently that poetry is not just the equivalent of somber personal reflection, that indeed from Chaucer to the present, humor, irony, satire, and play are as integral to poetry as they are to narrative prose. Turning the pages of this generous anthology, you will smile and chuckle-and also weep!"-Marjorie Perloff, author ofRadical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media, "During a time when so many of our poets seem afflicted by mere self-importance and an almost-Pavlovian tic of irony, this book celebrates the other kind of funny--the sort that is mordant, absurdist, and keen to both laud and critique the madness and fascinating lunacy of our culture. Hamby and Kirby have assembled a bracing set of poems which remind us anew how closely heartbreak, humor and wisdom literature are aligned. These poems spring from necessity, not from the desire for punch lines."--David Wojahn, author of Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems 1982-2004, "From Frank O'Hara's 'Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)' and John Ashbery's 'Daffy Duck in Hollywood' to a host of younger poets now writing 'seriously funny' poems, this anthology argues eloquently that poetry is not just the equivalent of somber personal reflection, that indeed from Chaucer to the present, humor, irony, satire, and play are as integral to poetry as they are to narrative prose. Turning the pages of this generous anthology, you will smile and chuckle--and also weep!"--Marjorie Perloff, author of Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media, "From Frank O'Hara's 'Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)' and John Ashbery's 'Daffy Duck in Hollywood' to a host of younger poets now writing 'seriously funny' poems, this anthology argues eloquently that poetry is not just the equivalent of somber personal reflection, that indeed from Chaucer to the present, humor, irony, satire, and play are as integral to poetry as they are to narrative prose. Turning the pages of this generous anthology, you will smile and chuckle-and also weep!"-Marjorie Perloff, author of Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media, I loved this book. From its mouth-watering table of contents to its last eccentric, splendid poem, Kirby and Hamby have put paid to the notion that serious poetry can't have a sense of humor. When people ask me to recommend something good to read that's both thought provoking and irresistibly entertaining, poetry anthologies don't generally come to mind. This one will., "During a time when so many of our poets seem afflicted by mere self-importance and an almost-Pavlovian tic of irony, this book celebrates the other kind of funny-the sort that is mordant, absurdist, and keen to both laud and critique the madness and fascinating lunacy of our culture. Hamby and Kirby have assembled a bracing set of poems which remind us anew how closely heartbreak, humor and wisdom literature are aligned. These poems spring from necessity, not from the desire for punch lines."-David Wojahn, author of Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems 19822004, "During a time when so many of our poets seem afflicted by mere self-importance and an almost-Pavlovian tic of irony, this book celebrates the other kind of funny-the sort that is mordant, absurdist, and keen to both laud and critique the madness and fascinating lunacy of our culture. Hamby and Kirby have assembled a bracing set of poems which remind us anew how closely heartbreak, humor and wisdom literature are aligned. These poems spring from necessity, not from the desire for punch lines."-David Wojahn, author ofInterrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems 19822004, "I loved this book. From its mouth-watering table of contents to its last eccentric, splendid poem, Kirby and Hamby have put paid to the notion that serious poetry can't have a sense of humor. When people ask me to recommend something good to read that's both thought provoking and irresistibly entertaining, poetry anthologies don't generally come to mind. This one will."-Nancy Pearl, author ofBook Lust, "I loved this book. From its mouth-watering table of contents to its last eccentric, splendid poem, Kirby and Hamby have put paid to the notion that serious poetry can't have a sense of humor. When people ask me to recommend something good to read that's both thought provoking and irresistibly entertaining, poetry anthologies don't generally come to mind. This one will."--Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust, During a time when so many of our poets seem afflicted by mere self-importance and an almost-Pavlovian tic of irony, this book celebrates the other kind of funny-the sort that is mordant, absurdist, and keen to both laud and critique the madness and fascinating lunacy of our culture. Hamby and Kirby have assembled a bracing set of poems which remind us anew how closely heartbreak, humor and wisdom literature are aligned. These poems spring from necessity, not from the desire for punch lines., "I loved this book. From its mouth-watering table of contents to its last eccentric, splendid poem, Kirby and Hamby have put paid to the notion that serious poetry can't have a sense of humor. When people ask me to recommend something good to read that's both thought provoking and irresistibly entertaining, poetry anthologies don't generally come to mind. This one will."-Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust, From Frank O'Hara's 'Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)' and John Ashbery's 'Daffy Duck in Hollywood' to a host of younger poets now writing 'seriously funny' poems, this anthology argues eloquently that poetry is not just the equivalent of somber personal reflection, that indeed from Chaucer to the present, humor, irony, satire, and play are as integral to poetry as they are to narrative prose. Turning the pages of this generous anthology, you will smile and chuckle-and also weep!
Lccn
2009-037104
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
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811/.608
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Ps615.S375 2010
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