Odd Mercy

Poems

Gerald Stern author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:27th Aug '97

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Odd Mercy cover

The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog," named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog," and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues—hope, memory, faith—that have always occupied him.

ISBN: 9780393316308

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 13mm

Weight: 149g

122 pages