Hurt Thyself
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:27th Sep '05
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A dazzling second collection of poetry on love, marriage, power, and art by an award-winning poet.
'Hurt Thyself' is an emotionally exposed yet discriminating and sceptical look at love.Between The Sexes What is the chance she smiles on this rivalry declared in the unspoken as chivalry, even one glance shot in the glass, while ahead he waits holding the door half-open, half-closed. Andrew Steinmetz's second collection of poetry turns a clinical eye on his favourite subjects - love, marriage, power, fantasy, and art. At the crossroads of the credos "know thyself" and "heal thyself," Steinmetz adopts a "hurt thyself" attitude that is sardonic and compassionate. Using a tersely sensitive language that relies on the poet's own speaking voice, Hurt Thyself betrays a slightly ominous and skewed philosophical rigor. The implications of the poet's examined life are poems that feel emotionally exposed yet discriminating and sceptical.
"Uncanny is the word that comes to mind when I think about what Steinmetz has accomplished in this second collection. That, and dazzling." Carmine Starnino, author of Credo and With English Subtitles Praise for Histories Shortlisted: 2001 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry "In its restless wit, sharp observation, and compassion, Histories is immediately engaging and rewarding." Books in Canada "Charged with emotional freight, Steinmetz delivers what so few of his contemporaries dare: a divorce from prosaic rhythms and a heated affair with untested syntax." Literary Review of Canada Praise for Wardlife: The Apprenticeship of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk Shortlisted: 2000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and The Quebec Writers' Federation 2000 First Book Award and Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction "Steinmetz has the writer's pitiless eye and worrying heart." The Globe and Mail "A remarkable first book. Absolutely compelling." Ian Brown, Sunday Edition, CBC
ISBN: 9780773529786
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 100g
96 pages