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A collection of poems, which follow various speakers - often disabled speakers, who never once figure themselves as objects of complaint - through the haunted dreamscape of normalcy.

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"The Phoenix Poets list contains a number of poets currently on my list of favorites. This is a strong, vital series that has given voice to some of the best voices in American poetry today." - Billy Collins "Blessings for the Hands is emotionally strong and imaginatively wild, distinctive, deeply moving, without an ort of self-pity, and pervaded by 'compassion down to your fingertips' (which Chekhov said is 'the only method' both to write and to live). This angle of vision is sharp enough to unify much disparate material. The poems are clear and musical and consequently a pleasure to read and reread despite their gravity. I think this may be lasting work." - Michael Ryan"

Blessings For The Hands Phoenix Poets

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226740959, 978-0226740959
      ISBN10: 0226740951

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of poems, which follow various speakers - often disabled speakers, who never once figure themselves as objects of complaint - through the haunted dreamscape of normalcy.

      Trade Review
      "The Phoenix Poets list contains a number of poets currently on my list of favorites. This is a strong, vital series that has given voice to some of the best voices in American poetry today." - Billy Collins "Blessings for the Hands is emotionally strong and imaginatively wild, distinctive, deeply moving, without an ort of self-pity, and pervaded by 'compassion down to your fingertips' (which Chekhov said is 'the only method' both to write and to live). This angle of vision is sharp enough to unify much disparate material. The poems are clear and musical and consequently a pleasure to read and reread despite their gravity. I think this may be lasting work." - Michael Ryan"

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