Corruption : poems

Norton, Camille 1954- (Author).

Summary: A rich debut collection from a promising new poet -- selected by Campbell McGrath as a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series Open Competition For more than twenty-five years, the National Poetry Series has sought out and discovered new voices, helping to launch the careers of such luminaries as the former poet laureate Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Stephen Dobyns, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062113191
ISBN: 0062113194
ISBN: 0060799137
ISBN: 9780060799137
ISBN: 9791033903130
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xv, 87 pages).
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, ©2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	I. Corruption -- The green baize table -- Index of prohibited images -- I. John in the wild IV -- II. Judith and Holofernes -- III. Medusa -- Corruption -- I. The Medicis -- II. The monsters -- III. The saints -- Savonarola's cape -- Three slaves and Michelangelo Buonarroti -- I. The young slave -- II. The awakening slave -- III. Atlas -- The ideal city -- In the small refectory -- Napoleon's boots and Dante's body -- Paradise -- I. Itza historian, Tayasal, Guatemala, 1525 -- II. Father Urbita, Tayasal, Guatemala, 1618 -- III. Itza historian : arrival of father Delgado, Tayasal, Guatemala, 1622 -- The Africans of Ravenna -- At the Chinese Museum, Locke, California.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.