Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn

by Michael Tyrell

Book Overview

Brooklyn, crouching forever in the shadow of Manhattan, is perhaps best known for a certain bridge or for the world-renowned tackiness of Coney Island. When it comes to literary history, Brooklyn can also seem dwarfed by its sister borough--until you take a closer look. As unlikely as it may sound, for more than two centuries Brooklyn has inspired poets and poetry. Although there are plenty of poetry anthologies devoted to specific regions of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814748031
• ISBN13: 9780814748039
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A WORTHY SALUTE TO A RICH POETIC TRADITION

Karsdorf and Tyrell have created a Brooklyn "monument"--in the very best sense of the word--in this homage to a thriving borough with its own unique thriving poetics. Besides being a generous, good spirited enterprise, "Broken Land" is artfully organized. The editors have evaded nostalgia, cloying tribute, and reductive provincialism. The charm of the American imagination is in full display. London, Tennessee, or Texas. . . "Broken Land" is a "must have" for any public or personal library... a real gift!