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Book SynopsisTrade Review"National Book Critics Circle Award–winner Jollimore presents a new poetry collection richly infused with classical mythology and analysis of classic movies, plays, works of art, and literature, and of relation to creations. . . . Jollimore offers unique perspectives on the self we play at being and the self we are or think we are in poems about singular characters in such films as
No Country for Old Men,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and
Being John Malkovich. Jollimore's immersions raise the question, Are we simply vessels to be filled?" * Booklist *
"[A] ruminative, elegant fourth book by Jollimore. . . . As the book’s title [
Earthly Delights] suggests, Jollimore’s delight and pleasure in description is evident in these gorgeously textured poems that are equally full of intellectual inquiry and feeling." * Publishers Weekly *
"Sophisticated yet accessible, this sonorous work addresses life in an unillusioned way and will appeal widely." * Library Journal *
"The poetry excels . . . where Jollimore incorporates his concern of the contemporary observer with the unique situations of today: corporate public relations, movie theaters, and a devastated environment."
---Keene Carter, Colorado Review
