The Sawdust War: Poems

by Jim Barnes

Few poets in America today can write as solemnly and truthfully as Jim Barnes about the heritage of America, a heritage as wide as the continent itself.

Jim Barnes's aesthetic is vivid throughout these poems. A high sense of loss pervades the book, but Barnes's strong-willed persona never regrets what has passed. Instead, the persona gains strength from it. What has come to be his signature in four earlier books of poetry and remains his mark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252062396
• ISBN13: 9780252062391
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.2"