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how to look better & feel great
By Parra, Nicanor & Werner, Liz
- ISBN
- 978-0-81121-597-8
- Publisher
- New York, NY : New Directions Books, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2004
Nonagenarian Parra is the exponent of structurally innovative and thematically controversial antipoetry; in unlyrical, natural discourse, it persuades readers to look "outside the box" to reexamine their quotidian values and prosaic surroundings. Witness the characteristic novelty and whimsical charm of the two-line "A Resounding Zero": "It all came down to nothing/ & of the nothing, there is very little left."...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
