Debora Greger, Author . Penguin $16 (97p) ISBN 978-0-14-042433-1
For a book of poems with such a portentous title, Greger's sixth book is at times little more than a trifle. Surely, one can't take "God the alligator [who] had second thoughts" seriously, not when the poet asks such a creature, "
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Debora Greger, Author . Penguin $18 (102p) ISBN 978-0-14-311444-4
When, in the first parts of this eighth collection, Greger (Western Art
) translates and imitates Horace, the careful, deceptively conversational urbanity comes over completely into her wry and disillusioned stanzas. Greger excels not only when she...
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Debora Greger, Author University of Illinois Press $13.95 (90p) ISBN 978-0-252-06380-0
Greger ( The 1002nd Night ) opens her fourth collection with a playful, self-referential poem, ``Envoi,'' evoking her familiar metaphors of travel and navigation as she casts this bold ``little book'' into uncharted territory. The poems take the...
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Debora Greger, Author Penguin Books $14.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-14-058774-6
In her fifth collection of verse, Greger (Movable Islands) brings clarity and a deft allusive touch to themes of innocence and faith, love and death. These poems are animated by the spirit of Washington State's Hanford nuclear plant, where the...
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Debora Greger, Author Princeton University Press $10.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-691-01423-4
Greger uncovers an onomatopoeic reality in virtually every verb she usesbob, or scream, or rip, or rage; in her poetry, the sounds of words directly evoke the feelings they describe. She also uses a high and otherworldly diction that is not often...
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Debora Greger, Author Princeton University Press $11.95 (74p) ISBN 978-0-691-01492-0
Greger ( And ) could rightly be called a decadent poet. Her latest collection swells with florid description and easy assonances, glorifying in the delights of the senses. While seeming to affirm the Western poetic and cultural tradition, Greger...
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Debora Greger. Penguin, $18 (128p) ISBN 978-0-14-313131-1
Greger (By Herself) stitches together a work of nostalgic reflections, whimsical narratives, and odes to those who have filled her imagination. She is an old-fashioned poet with a modern eye, bewitching in her handling of the ordinary and without a...
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