Carol Muske, Author, Carol Muske-Dukes, Author Penguin Books $16.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-058794-4
Ten new and 60 selected poems comprise the best of Muske's career in poetry. Her most recent work stands out. The long title poem--a response to Eliot's ""What the Thunder Said""--is a more modern, feminine ""Waste Land"" with less waste and a...
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Carol Muske-Dukes, Author, Carol Muske, Author University of Pittsburgh Press $14 (64p) ISBN 978-0-8229-5417-0
With subtlety and intelligence, Muske ( Camouflage ) creates tensions that are chilling and sharp; she limns emotional and physical distances, unavoidable ambiguity and contradiction. Her acceptance of these ``issues'' is never passive--this...
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Carol Muske, Author, Carol Muske-Dukes, Author Viking Books $18 (96p) ISBN 978-0-670-84508-8
Red--the color of eroticism, heat and danger--fills this provocative collection of poems by Muske ( Applause ). A murdered woman in ``a sunset-colored dress''; red mouths; stigmata; the sacred heart; Masai red beads; Chinese bridal gowns; scarlet...
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