Fort Red Border: Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932511741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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But she repeats herself a lot less often, and her jokes are her own generation's: Who would win, Jack White or Jack Black? Her poems should attract anybody who wants to find out. From Publishers Weekly The sharp, witty sequences in Petrosino's debut reveal a poet who has more fun with language, and who shows more range, than most. Drawing on popular culture, invoking sex often and flirting, or trying to shock, Petrosino rings some of the same bells as Frederick Seidel. The titular series, whose moniker uses the same letters as Robert Redford, describes an imaginary affair with him, highlighting their differences in taste, in status, in race: I gather my afro into a plain elastic hoop
Redford serves as ideal partner, the embodiment of American masculinitybut there is also an odd tenderness and actuality to the relationship. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. In the poems, Redford is solicitous of the speaker, as well as curious about her difference,” probing her about the various meanings of natural” when applied to her African-American hair. Fort Red Borderthe title itself an anagram for the name of this remarkable collection’s imaginary belovedshows how language can be pleated, unfolded, and creased all over again into an endless origami of Eros. By turns clowning, worshipful, heartbroken, and Faulknerian, these lyrics transport the reader to a familiar place made utterly strange.”Srikanth ReddyKiki Petrosino has audacity to spare. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, FENCE, Jubilat, Gulf Coast, and The New York Times. She devotes the entire first section of her debut collection of poems to a putative affair the speaker is conducting with an imaginary Robert Redford. Petrosino’s poems scout a new path, one that discovers a believably fierce, vivid, feeling self.Kiki Petrosino is the author of Fort Red Border (Sarabande, 2009) and Hymn For The Black Terrific (Sarabande, 2013), and the co-editor of Transom, an indepe
"Three Stars" according to bh. nice collection