Rhythm & Booze: POEMS (National Poetry Series)

By Julie Kane

Book Overview

Arranged in four parts--each associated with a particular Louisiana city--the poems in Rhythm & Booze trace the hardships and uncertainties, as well as the moments of unexpected sublimity, of a life lived in a continuous struggle between fresh starts and destructive old patterns.

Mirroring the music of New Orleans, Kane's poems combine traditional form with improvisational flourishes. Rhythm & Booze charts her progress as she undertakes a number of journeys, from youth to experience, from blues bars to college classrooms, from city to country, from chaos to something approaching peace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252071409
• ISBN13: 9780252071409
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.2"