Nick Flynn
Paperback | Pages: 85 pages Rating: 4.16 | 1701 Users | 88 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Some Ether: Poems |
| ISBN: | 1555973035 (ISBN13: 9781555973032) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry (1999) |
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Winner of a "Discovery"/The Nation Award Winner of the 1999 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry Some Ether is one of the more remarkable debut collections of poetry to appear in America in recent memory. As Mark Doty has noted, "these poems are more than testimony; in lyrics of ringing clarity and strange precision, Flynn conjures a will to survive, the buoyant motion toward love which is sometimes all that saves us. Some Ether resonates in the imagination long after the final poem; this is a startling, moving debut."Details Regarding Books Some Ether
| Title | : | Some Ether |
| Author | : | Nick Flynn |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 85 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2000 by Graywolf Press |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Contemporary. Fiction. Literature. American |
Rating Regarding Books Some Ether
Ratings: 4.16 From 1701 Users | 88 ReviewsRate Regarding Books Some Ether
Lots of really annoying notes written inside the copy I purchased, but the person wrote their name in the front cover and has a really cool Instagram so I learned to ignore that. Some Ether is at times sexy, at times yellow-tinged, always fixated on water and suicide. Flynn addresses his traumas in a way that indicates that he has learned to exist alongside them, not particularly in a way that suggests he should or can move on. Not very many people make space for their traumas that way. It canI went out on a limb and bought a book of poetry based on the goodreads star rating of someone I don't know who seemed to have decent taste in obscure literature. Plus, I am trying to make an effort to read living poets who write in English.Of Flynn's first four poems, three were about suicide, two referenced guns, two referenced painkillers (by brand name) and one mentions cutting himself. It only got worse from there. Blah blah "my father is . . . a bottle wrapped in a paperbag" blah blah
Nick Flynns book really moved me. Growing up in a seriously dysfunction home with a depressive mother, I was able to relate to the subject matter of this collections of poems. Flynn is excellent at expressing the horrors of his mothers suicide very dramatically without ever being maudlin or melodramatic
A dark, beautiful debut collection in which Flynn comes to face many of the ghosts of his past--his dead mother, his homeless father, a wayward version of himself trying desperately to love but seeming to screw up along the way. While he never quite reaches redemption, by the end the speaker in many of these poems at least can imagine the possibility of it, which is a huge step.Prior to reading this, I read Flynn's memoir Another Bullshit Night In Suck City. While I preferred this book, I feel
This is not corny, or willfully cliched or anything of that sort: this is the best stuff from Nick Flynn. One can dislike "I'm the postmod guy" first person narrative and still appreciate the actual quality present in this collection.
I really enjoyed Flynn's "another bullshit night in suck city: A memoir" and naturally assumed that sense and style of prose would follow henceforth in a book of poetry. For the most part, Flynn stuck to his guns writing directly from his guts and heart no matter the outcome. As with most poetry, the words are just a guideline, the reader creates the imagery and meaning from the words in front of them.The meaning I got from at least 80% of the poems in this book, was complete and on
Incredible variations of form. Each poem's final line is a perfect stab through the heart. Thanks, Brian, for leaving this book at my house!
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