Brain Camp

Brain Camp
Authors
Webb, Charles Harper
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Size
0.19 MB
Lang
en
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Powered by a fierce, compassionate intelligence, Brain Camp explores with clarity and vividness a wide spectrum of emotionslove to hate, tenderness to brutalityall from a perspective both universal yet distinctly Webb's. Metaphors of startling aptness and originality, a voice at once endearing and provocative, high musicality, propulsive energy, wild imaginative leaps, as well as a mastery of diction from lyricism to street-speak, create a reading experience of the first order. These poems go down easy, but pack a wallop. As Robert Frost said poetry should do, Brain Camp "begins in delight and ends in wisdom."