Book
The black bear inside me / Robin Becker.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780822965244
- ISBN: 0822965240
- Physical Description: viii, 61 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 59). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Clearing -- Moment of amazement -- Two dogs, one wise -- Elegy for the science teacher -- Bluefish, 1970 -- Coppice and Pollard -- Yankee barn sale -- Reading music -- Scottish melodies -- Hearing the news -- Whitetail spring -- The black bear inside me -- Theory -- Alex, an obituary -- Hummingbird -- The collection of the canter -- True blue communications man -- Missing -- Security clearance -- The wages of sin -- Ballroom -- At the memorial -- On the Grand Canal -- Provisional ode -- Men as friends -- Semblance -- The broker -- The annual performance review -- Taken into account -- The Barcelona inside me -- Rodeo Ben -- Make it plain -- Where the unfairness of the world resides -- Blast off -- Words with friends -- The fix. |
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| Subject: | American poetry > 20th century. American poetry > 21st century. |
| Genre: | Poetry. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Pease Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Public Library | 811.6 BECKER
Gift?: Yes |
34598000830557 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Library Journal Review
The Black Bear Inside Me
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This graceful collection from Lambda Literary Award winner Becker (All--American Girl) uses accessible language to larger purpose. The first section illuminates only seemingly everyday moments, from a baby's first "undulating hands" to a dog with "the wisdom of one well-loved/ from birth" to cede his bowl to a rescue. The second section goes personal ("I didn't know a polonaise from an east coast swing"), while the third steps out to investigate the world at large ("How to account for the lacerated hands/ Of the enslaved, 15-year-old Cambodian deckhands"). Elegies abound ("after her death/ she hovered, a bird of bones and air"), creating not gloom but calm, though the title's black bear lunges out to remind humans that "the land// that supports us// supports them." VERDICT A wise, accomplished book for most readers. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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