Temper (Pitt Poetry Series)

by Beth Bachmann (Author), Lynn Emanuel (Compiler)

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2009
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Temper is at once violent and controlled, unflinching and unforgiving in temperament. The poems are mercilessly recursive, placing pressure on the lyric as a mode of both the elegiac and the ecstatic. The result is an enforced silence, urgent with grief.

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Temper is at once violent and controlled, unflinching and unforgiving in temperament. The poems are mercilessly recursive, placing pressure on the lyric as a mode of both the elegiac and the ecstatic. The result is an enforced silence, urgent with grief.

$18.68

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 15 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0822960400
ISBN 13: 9780822960409

Media Reviews

Temper is an unforgettable first book. Embodied in a poetry that quakes with sorrow one moment and is steely with forensic detail the next, Temper's account of a murder encompasses the polarities of flesh and spirit, love and horror. What is most compelling is the way Bachmann presides over the drama with a courage and restraint that manifest themselves as the beauty of these poems. - Lynn Emanuel Tempered by silence and grappling for meaning beyond story, beyond what is spoken or known, these poems recall absences everywhere - the losses by which we are plagued, what we must endure. - Natasha Trethewey Restraint and abandon ride side-by-side through these fiercely distilled poems - again and again they bear reluctant witness to the shadows hovering around the edges of every moment. A beautiful unease suffuses these poems - they make me aware I'm alive, and certain of nothing. A stunning debut. - Nick Flynn

Author Bio

Beth Bachmann teaches creative writing at Vanderbilt University. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, and Tin House, among others. Bachmann's work has been honored with a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission and has been anthologized in Alice Redux and Best New Poets 2005 and 2007.