Useless Virtues: Poems

by T.R. Hummer

Book Overview

Useless Virtues, T. R. Hummer's seventh book of poetry, is a wide-ranging series of forays into metaphysical territory. Its presiding inquiry concerns the dependency of our consciousness and our spirit on the untrustworthy powers of language. How often and how deeply is our faith -- in words, if not in gods -- misplaced, destructive, glorious, redemptive? How can we know? This powerful collection is fueled by the desire to answer these impossible,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807126691
• ISBN13: 9780807126691
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 9.0"