In his first book as the poet laureate of Illinois, Kevin Stein shoulders an array of poetic forms, blending pathos, humor, and social commentary. These poems--ranging from meditative narratives to improvisational lyrics--explore art's capacity to embody as well as express contemporary culture. Stein embraces subjects as various as his father's death, magazine sex surveys, Kandinsky's theory of art, the dangling modifier, Jimi Hendrix's flaming guitar, racial bigotry, and a teacher's comments on a botched poem. Presiding over this miscellany are ghosts of a peculiarly American garden of dreamers and beloved misfits, those redeemed and those left fingering the locked gate.
- ISBN10 6613921556
- ISBN13 9786613921550
- Publish Date 21 February 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 105
- Language English