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Product DescriptionFormat: Trade PaperbackPublished: November 16, 1998 Journey into the urban landscape with this fascinating collection of poems. Two Eyes Are You Sleeping is the personal and political lyrics of Heather O誰eill, a writer and performer. This wide range of poetry includes such topics as defenselessness, strength, perversity, drug addicts, alcoholics and sexual adventures. These hard-hitting poems tell the story of growing up human in an urban center. This is the first full-length collection of poems by Heather ONeill, a writer and performer living in Montreal. two eyes are you sleeping is a linked collection of personal and political lyrics, written in a voice that reflects both the rootlessness and violence of the urban landscape and a metaphorical brilliance that transforms the ordinary into the visionary. These are poems of the street, poems of defenselessness, strength, perversity and generosity, poems of drug addicts, alcoholics, con-men and sexual adventurers, poems to shout out in the bathtub with the radio blaring out the song you loved when you were fourteen. Most of all they are about growing up human in the drab beauty of the city. FROM THE CRITICS: ...witty, penetrating, imaginative, visual, and emotional. ___Canadian Literature Harsh familiarity and inventive language...creates a sense of urgency....[A] poetic exploration of poverty and single motherhood. ____Montreal Review of Books Find out why we love this member... |
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