Desire: Poems

by Frank Bidart

Book Overview

Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

I hate and--love. The sleepless body hammering a nail nails itself, hanging crucified.--from "Catullus: Excrucior" In Frank Bidart's collection of poems, the encounter with desire is the encounter with destiny. The first half contains some of Bidart's most luminous and intimate work-poems about the art of writing, Eros, and the desolations and mirror of history (in a spectacular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374525994
• ISBN13: 9780374525996
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Book Awards and Such

May we be reminded this was a great choice in 1997 for the National Book Critics Circle Award. I point this out because most of the books that have received the award are great reads. His book "Golden State" probably was the best before this, while remembering "The Sacrifice" as well. I want to find a copy of "Golden State". Anyway, when thinking about this book, one should remember the notoriety that it and its author have received. It was a finalist for the National Book Award as well. I have found that both awards can sometimes mean that the book is actually worth more of a read than some pulitzer prize winning books, especially more recently.

A powerful, wonderful collection

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