Say Goodnight, Grace: Notes: New and Corrected Poems

by Jack McCarthy

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970801238
• ISBN13: 9780970801234
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Em
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Company

We on the East Coast have been spoiled for years. We could see and hear Jack McCarthy perform almost every Wednesday at the Cantab in Cambridge, Mass or catch a feature of his monthly at the various venues around New England. Jack is now living on the west coast, and we miss him. I keep his book Goodnight, Grace Notes at my bedside, not just to remember his fine performances, but because his poems are great company. Jack writes mostly about ordinary things: traffic, cars that break down, sport teams that fail, childhood fistfights, but just when you've had a good laugh or are nodding in recognition, he peels back your skin to show the pulse of truth throbbing beneath. "Careful What You Wish For" is the perfect example. It always catches me by surprise and never fails to move me. If you have the opportunity, see Jack live. Buy his book and place it by your bedside and read in the morning to give you courage to face the day and in the evening to give thanks for your still beating heart.