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3344244Benderhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/bender-9781619320352/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2360936/040cb13e-376c-4c95-99a3-eb550c40f895.jpg?v=638383870765400000213277MXNCopper Canyon PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>"In Youngs work, the big essential questions-mortality, identity, the meaning of life-arent simply food for thought; theyre grounds for entertainment."-<em>Toronto Star</em></p><p>"Surrealism seldom seems as much like real life as in Youngs hilarious and cautionary poems."-<em>Booklist</em></p><p><em>Bender</em> gathers a generous selection of new work along with treasure from Dean Youngs twelve volumes. Strongly influenced by Surrealism, Dean Youngs poems flash with extravagant imagery, humorous speech, sly views of the quotidian, and the exposed nerves of heartache. As the American Academy of Arts and Letters raved, "Youngs poems are as entertaining as a three-ring circus and as imaginative as a canvas by Hieronymus Bosch. He is one of the most inventive and satisfying poets writing today."</p><p><strong>From "Even Funnnier Looking Now":</strong></p><p><em>If someone had asked me then,<br />Do you suffer from the umbrage of dawns<br />dark race horses, is your heart a prisoner<br />of raindrops? Hell yes! I would have said<br />or No way! Never would I have said,<br />What could you possibly be talking about?<br />I had just gotten to the twentieth century<br />like a leftover girder from the Eiffel Tower.<br />My Indian name was Pressure-Per-Square-Inch.<br />I knew I was made of glass but I didnt<br />yet know what glass was made of: hot sand<br />inside me like pee going all the wrong<br />directions, probably into my heart<br />which I knew was made of gold foil<br />glued to dust . . .</em></p>...3280673Bender213277https://www.gandhi.com.mx/bender-9781619320352/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2360936/040cb13e-376c-4c95-99a3-eb550c40f895.jpg?v=638383870765400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129781619320352_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_<p>Young was very close to dying and received a heart transplant just after <em>Fall Higher</em> was published in hardcover late in 2010. His father died at 49 due to problems with his heart.</p><p>NPRs Morning Edition did a beautiful story about Dean and his heart transplant, where he said, I think thats one of the jobs of poets: They stare at their own death and through it they still see the world the world of 10,000 things. Poetry is about time running out. (This radio article, The Heart of Dean Youngs Poetry, is archived at npr.org)</p><p>Deans new heart came from a fit 22-year-old. After the transplant, Dean commented on the new, and very robust, flow of blood to his brain. He gave me a heart so Im still alive....Im sure Im going to think about this person for the rest of my life.</p><p>Dean writes every day, and did so even when recovering from the transplant surgery at home in Texas.</p><p>Dean Young favors using a 1955 Remington typewriter.</p>(*_*)9781619320352_<p>Young was very close to dying and received a heart transplant just after <em>Fall Higher</em> was published in hardcover late in 2010. His father died at 49 due to problems with his heart.</p><p>NPRs "Morning Edition" did a beautiful story about Dean and his heart transplant, where he said, "I think thats one of the jobs of poets: They stare at their own death and through it they still see the world the world of 10,000 things. Poetry is about time running out." (This radio article, "The Heart of Dean Youngs Poetry," is archived at npr.org)</p><p>Deans new heart came from a fit 22-year-old. After the transplant, Dean commented on the new, and very robust, flow of blood to his brain. "He gave me a heart so Im still alive....Im sure Im going to think about this person for the rest of my life."</p><p>Dean writes every day, and did so even when recovering from the transplant surgery at home in Texas.</p><p>Dean Young favors using a 1955 Remington typewriter.</p>...(*_*)9781619320352_<p>"In Youngs work, the big essential questions-mortality, identity, the meaning of life-arent simply food for thought; theyre grounds for entertainment."-<em>Toronto Star</em></p><p>"Surrealism seldom seems as much like real life as in Youngs hilarious and cautionary poems."-<em>Booklist</em></p><p><em>Bender</em> gathers a generous selection of new work along with treasure from Dean Youngs twelve volumes. Strongly influenced by Surrealism, Dean Youngs poems flash with extravagant imagery, humorous speech, sly views of the quotidian, and the exposed nerves of heartache. As the American Academy of Arts and Letters raved, "Youngs poems are as entertaining as a three-ring circus and as imaginative as a canvas by Hieronymus Bosch. He is one of the most inventive and satisfying poets writing today."</p><p><strong>From "Even Funnnier Looking Now":</strong></p><p><em>If someone had asked me then,<br />Do you suffer from the umbrage of dawns<br />dark race horses, is your heart a prisoner<br />of raindrops? Hell yes! I would have said<br />or No way! Never would I have said,<br />What could you possibly be talking about?<br />I had just gotten to the twentieth century<br />like a leftover girder from the Eiffel Tower.<br />My Indian name was Pressure-Per-Square-Inch.<br />I knew I was made of glass but I didnt<br />yet know what glass was made of: hot sand<br />inside me like pee going all the wrong<br />directions, probably into my heart<br />which I knew was made of gold foil<br />glued to dust . . .</em></p>...9781619320352_Copper Canyon Presslibro_electonico_836efdbe-d797-391a-a643-2d8560e90dd0_9781619320352;9781619320352_9781619320352Dean YoungInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-73881e43-1b70-4c8e-9e7b-90be107921e5.epub2012-10-02T00:00:00+00:00Copper Canyon Press