Memoir of the Hawk
Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 30, 2002
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- Who it’s for
- Readers drawn to poems with strange, unexpected worlds
- Themes
- Strange imaginative worlds, Menace in familiar places, Mystery and magic
- Genres
- American Poetry, Nature Poetry
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Memoir of the Hawk creates a world populated by hundreds of characters, believable and strange, tugged at the edges by the unexpected. In the privacy of their homes, who can save them from themselves? In the forests and hills and on the beautiful lakes, what could possibly be wrong? Even in the sweet hometown, with its kindly police, menace lurks in a thousand disguises. Mystery and magic surround this metropolis of the imagination.
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Once again, James Tate has given us a world of surprising pleasures: ... lost in the interstellar space between teacups in the cupboard, found in the beak of a downy woodpecker, the lovers staring into the void and then jumping over it, flying into their beautiful tomorrows like the heroes of a storm.
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 91% |
|---|---|
| Nature Poetry | 38% |
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Publisher categories
- Poetry
- American Poetry
- Canadian Poetry
- Epic Poetry
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- Medieval Poetry
- Poetry - General Themes
- Poetry About Death
- Love Poetry
- Authors
- James Tate
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 30, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Strange imaginative worlds · Menace in familiar places · Mystery and magic
- Reading lane
- Poetry