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Author_Alice Friman
candid
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classical mythology
complex emotional bonds
dark subject matter
difficult childhood
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family drama
Garden of Eden
Georgia poets
macabre
marriage
mortality
playful
Pushcart Prize
satiric humor
southern writing
wit
Product details
- ISBN 9780807181416
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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On the Overnight Train collects a lifetime of thought and writing by Alice Friman, presenting poems of passion and permission, gravity and humor, alongside a great deal of truth telling peppered with the salt of invention. Here even the dead clink glasses and remain as alive and present as ever. Here the old stories abide and the new ones, written at the tail end of a life, face the inevitable with clear-eyed candor, wit, and grace.
As Stephen Corey writes in his introduction, "Friman's poetry is still kicking ass and breaking hearts as she steams toward ninety," and On the Overnight Train captures the world of a distinctive poet whose work is vivid, understandable, and emotionally honest.
Alice Friman is professor emerita of English and creative writing at the University of Indianapolis. She now lives in Georgia, where she was poet-in-residence at Georgia College. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, she is a recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and is featured in Best American Poetry.
