Odd Mercy: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393316308)

The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog," named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog," and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues--hope, memory, faith--that have always occupied him.

Author: Gerald Stern
ISBN-10: 0393316300
ISBN-13: 9780393316308
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1997
Pages: 122
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.51w x 0.45d