Central Air - (Pitt Poetry) by George Bilgere (Paperback)
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Highlights
- With humor and compassion, George Bilgere continues his explorations of the human predicament.
- About the Author: George Bilgere is professor of English literature at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 86 Pages
- Poetry, American
- Series Name: Pitt Poetry
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Humorous Poetry with a Deep Core of SeriousnessBook Synopsis
With humor and compassion, George Bilgere continues his explorations of the human predicament. The settings of these poems range from Cleveland to Berlin, from childhood to old age. Bilgere's subject, in the largest sense, is America, in all its craziness, its haunted past, its imperiled future. But what really centers this book is the English language itself, which these poems endeavor to renew, reinvent, and reinvigorate.Review Quotes
Central Air is full of melancholy and the awareness of time's wingèd chariot hurrying near, but there are also these moments when the poet can appreciate the here and now. In the poem 'Reichstag, ' set in Berlin, Bilgere skillfully contrasts the weight of History bearing down on mankind with the simple pleasures a boy can take from the moment before him.-- "Lake Poetry"
Bilgere's writing rewards upon first reading, such is its accessibility, but it continues to reward because the poems are so layered, and their straightforwardness is really a sleight of hand.-- "London Grip Poetry Review"
Central to George Bilgere's Central Air is travel and imagination, not being trapped inside all summer, not being trapped in rut. His speaker (or his speaker's imagination) is in Berlin, Alaska, Saint Louis, Japan, and Vietnam (as it was in the '60s, as it is now). He pays homage to Rilke and Dickinson. He pays homage to the Slip 'N Slide of yesterday and the Paw Patrol of today. Bilgere is a mature, hilarious poet contemplating his own mortality.--Denise Duhamel, author of Second Story
Even if you are already a devotee of George Bilgere, Central Air will startle you with its power. Haunting dispatches from Berlin, droll poems about late fatherhood, cheeky marital love lyrics, searing elegies, and laments for a country 'growing stranger, less recognizable, more lonely every day'--in these new poems, Bilgere challenges and consoles us in his inimitable voice, achingly funny and unflinchingly tender.--Lynn Powell, author of Season of the Second
There's nothing George Bilgere doesn't take to heart, whether it's a boy watching his father drink himself to death in a hotel room or a grown man who watches his family at play and marvels at the lucky breaks that have led him to this quiet happiness. Nobody captures the sorrows and beauties of this world better.--David Kirby, author of More Than This: Poems
About the Author
George Bilgere is professor of English literature at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of seven collections of poetry and has received grants and awards from the Fulbright Foundation, the Pushcart Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Witter Bynner Foundation through the Library of Congress, the May Swenson Poetry Award, the Society of Midland Authors award, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He spends his summers in Berlin, Germany, but lives during the academic year in Cleveland with his wife and two sons.Dimensions (Overall): 8.82 Inches (H) x 5.83 Inches (W) x .32 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 86
Series Title: Pitt Poetry
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: George Bilgere
Language: English
Street Date: March 15, 2022
TCIN: 92123773
UPC: 9780822966890
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-1815
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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