| Author: | Philip Metres | ISBN: | 9781612774008 |
| Publisher: | The Kent State University Press | Publication: | April 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The Kent State University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Philip Metres |
| ISBN: | 9781612774008 |
| Publisher: | The Kent State University Press |
| Publication: | April 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The Kent State University Press |
| Language: | English |
“After reading Primer for Non-Native Speakers, I feel like I’ve just come back from a trip to Russia. Philip Metres’s brilliantly compressed lyrical narratives capture the grandeur and the bleakness of an almost mythological country, where a bronze statue of the great poet Pushkin now gazes out on the golden arches, and the swear of a slammed door is more expressive than a mouthful of words. These are subtle, accomplished, shimmering poems that explore the nuances of being an outsider in a language.”—Maura Stanton
“After reading Primer for Non-Native Speakers, I feel like I’ve just come back from a trip to Russia. Philip Metres’s brilliantly compressed lyrical narratives capture the grandeur and the bleakness of an almost mythological country, where a bronze statue of the great poet Pushkin now gazes out on the golden arches, and the swear of a slammed door is more expressive than a mouthful of words. These are subtle, accomplished, shimmering poems that explore the nuances of being an outsider in a language.”—Maura Stanton
