PASSION OF RIGHT

Literature & Fiction

Hummer, T.R.

Poetry

University of Illinois Press

Collection of poems by T. R. Hummer. A fine softcover copy. Light wear. Tight binding. minor pencil annotation. NOT ex-library. 85pgs. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 0252013891. ISBN/EAN: 9780252013898. Inventory No: 015623.

LOWER CLASS HERESY: Poems

Available Surfaces: Essays on Poesis (Poets On Poetry)

In Available Surfaces , T. R. Hummer explores the art of making both poetry and music, and of the concept of "making" itself. He draws on childhood experiences and experiences as an adult, as a poet, and as an explorer of unworldly spaces to examine that "something ineffable about the process of making of which the poem is the exemplary artifact." Hummer grew up in the deep South, and spent many of his high school years playing saxophone in various rock and roll bands before he met poetry. This musical influence is visible in his work: he often discusses poetry together with music, or music with poetry, and his career has included both writing and performance.

History & Criticism

University of Michigan Press

In Available Surfaces , T. R. Hummer explores the art of making both poetry and music, and of the concept of "making" itself. He draws on childhood experiences and experiences as an adult, as a poet, and as an explorer of unworldly spaces to examine that "something ineffable about the process of making of which the poem is the exemplary artifact." Hummer grew up in the deep South, and spent many of his high school years playing saxophone in various rock and roll bands before he met poetry. This musical influence is visible in his work: he often discusses poetry together with music, or music with poetry, and his career has included both writing and performance.

The Angelic Orders: Poems by T. R. Hummer

Louisiana State Univ Pr

The Angelic Orders Poems

Walt Whitman in Hell: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Useless Virtues: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

USELESS VIRTUES, T. R. Hummer's seventh book of poetry, is a wide-ranging series of forays into metaphysical territory. Its presiding inquiry concerns the dependency of our consciousness and our spirit on the untrustworthy powers of language. How often and how deeply is our faith--in words, if not in gods--misplaced, destructive, glorious, redemptive? How can we know? This powerful collection is fueled by the desire to answer these impossible, indispensable questions. The centerpiece of the book, Axis, takes as its terrain the thought of Martin Heidegger, and through this brilliant and controversial figure the nature of identity, of humanity, is contemplated. The poem is, finally, a lyrical farewell to the poet's father and to his generation--the generation for which World War II was the great defining destiny--and hence to that century we called 19. In these poems we find the almost sensual allure of direst possibility. From a woman who, during lovemaking, envisions strangling her lover, to a Pernod drinker whose dark imaginings recall the absinthe addicts of an earlier era--mortality and loss, as well as human failing, are hovering presences. Philosophic and searching, traditional yet bold, USELESS VIRTURES is the work of a master poet at his best.

Useless Virtues, T. R. Hummer's seventh book of poetry, is a wide-ranging series of forays into metaphysical territory. Its presiding inquiry concerns the dependency of our consciousness and our spirit on the untrustworthy powers of language. How often and how deeply is our faith -- in words, if not in gods -- misplaced, destructive, glorious, redemptive? How can we know? This powerful collection is fueled by the desire to answer these impossible, indispensable questions.The centerpiece of the book, Axis, takes as its terrain the thought of Martin Heidegger, and through this brilliant and controversial figure the nature of identity, of humanity, is contemplated. The poem is, finally, a lyrical farewell to the poet's father and to his generation -- the generation for which World War II was the great defining destiny -- and hence to that century we called 19.In these poems we find the almost sensual allure of direst possibility. From a woman who, during lovemaking, envisions strangling her lover, to a Pernod drinker whose dark imaginings recall the absinthe addicts of an earlier era -- mortality and loss, as well as human failing, are hovering presences.Philosophic and searching, traditional yet bold, Useless Virtues is the work of a master poet at his best.

LSU Press

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PASSION OF RIGHT

LOWER CLASS HERESY: Poems

Available Surfaces: Essays on Poesis (Poets On Poetry)

Available Surfaces: Essays on Poesis (Poets On Poetry)

The Angelic Orders: Poems by T. R. Hummer

The Angelic Orders Poems

Walt Whitman in Hell: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Walt Whitman in Hell: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Useless Virtues: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Useless Virtues: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)