Groom Falconer (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Norman Dubie
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Culture, Family or family life, Death or dying, Fantasy, Drinking or drunkenness, Diseases, Smoking
With the publication of his fourteenth book, Norman Dubie continues to demonstrate both the high quality and the continuity of his art. As in his previous collection, The Springhouse (1986), he treats three general subjects: personal (although rarely confessional) experiences; natural scenes and objects, especially poems of the Southwest; and historical incidents, often drawn from the history of painting. Sometimes he combines the subjects, in a curious blending of objective reality and visionary—occasionally hallucinatory—impressions. Indeed, if a single word must be chosen...
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