Waking (Phoenix Poets (CHUP)) (Phoenix Poets) (Phoenix Poets Series PP (CHUP))

by Tom Sleigh

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One of our most gifted poets, Sleigh reveals with vigor and delicacy the connections forged between the dead and the living. Waking is a moving narrative of the creation of the self.

". . . . it takes a book like Tom Sleigh's Waking to remind us of all that was most innately stirring and necessary about the confessional insurrection. . . . in Waking Sleigh proves himself worthy of spinning gold thread from the straw of sincerity, elevating his so-called confessions from the merely revealing to the durably revelatory."—David Barber, Poetry

"[Sleigh] is a consummate stylist...Read more
  • ISBN10 0226762394
  • ISBN13 9780226762395
  • Publish Date 20 August 1992 (first published 24 August 1990)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press