In Imperial, George Bilgere's sixth collection of poetry, he continues his exploration of the beauties, mysteries, and absurdities of being middle-aged and middle-class in mid-America. In poems that range from the Cold War anxieties of the 1950s to the perils and predicaments of an aging Boomer in a post-9/11 world, Bilgere's rueful humor and slippery syntax become a trapdoor that at any moment can plunge the reader into the abyss. In Bilgere's world a yo-yo morphs into an emblem for the atomic bomb. A spot of cancer flames into the Vietnam War. And the death of a baseball player reminds us, in this age of disbelief, of the importance-the necessity-of myth.
| ISBN: | 9780822962687 |
| Publication date: | 21st January 2014 |
| Author: | George Bilgere |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 61 pages |
| Series: | Pitt Poetry Series |
| Genres: |
Poetry |
In Imperial, George Bilgere's sixth collection of poetry, he continues his exploration of the beauties, mysteries, and absurdities of being middle-aged and middle-class in mid-America. In poems that range from the Cold War anxieties of the 1950s to the perils and predicaments of an aging Boomer in a post-9/11 world, Bilgere's rueful humor and slippery syntax become a trapdoor that at any moment can plunge the reader into the abyss.
Imperial features in the following genres: Poetry
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Imperial was written by George Bilgere and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
Imperial has 61 pages
Yes it is part of Pitt Poetry Series series
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