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Upgraded to Serious (Lannan Literary Selections)

di Heather McHugh

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"If McHugh is serious, she's anything but grim; with all her punning, bantering, and mock scolding of herself . . . she brightens the shadowy corners of her world with verbal pyrotechnics."--The New York Times Book Review "Her poems are open, resilient, invisibly twisted: part safety net, part trampoline."--Village Voice Literary Supplement This fast-paced, verbally dexterous book--honored as a "Book of the Year" byPublishers Weekly--"boils up and boils over" as it utilizes medical terminology and iconography to work through loss and detachment. Heather McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms, coupled with her sarcastic self-reflection and infectious laughter, serve as both palliative and prophylactic in the face of human sufferings and ignorance. Being "upgraded to serious" from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry. "Not to Be Dwelled On" Self-interest cropped up even there, the day I hoisted three instead of the ceremonially called-for two spadefuls of loam onto the coffin of my friend. Why shovel more than anybody else? What did I think I'd prove? More love (mud in her eye)? More will to work? (her father what, a shirker?) Christ, what wouldn't anybody give to get that gesture back? She cannot die again; and I do nothing but re-live. Heather McHugh is the author of a dozen books of poetry and translation. She teaches at the University of Washington and Warren Wilson College and lives in Seattle, Washington.… (altro)
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Poetry this clever can be a pain. But then McHugh has a heart too. The poems questioning God are my favorites. They remind me of a modern version of Cowper or is it Herbert? I would say if McHugh wanted to she could start a neo-metaphysical school of writing. ( )
  paakre | Apr 27, 2013 |
Heather McHugh 'Upgraded to Serious'

Poet Heather McHugh is the recipient of many honors, including a MacArthur grant. The book jacket of her 'Upgraded to Serious' shows her lounging against a barn door (she faces away from the skeleton staring at us).

On You Tube a splendid, more than 30 minutes' reading includes
'Not to be dwelled on' and several others from this collection. The sound of her voice and her wry comments enhanced appreciation of the poems in this volume for me. I'd already read some aloud for myself, notably 'Hackers can sidejack cookies,' with its wonderful, quotable
'I know how to spell banana, but I don't know when to stop.'

In this book McHugh gives us 'Good old God,' in contrast to 'Mourner's Kaddish.' She brings us up to date with 'Mary's Reminder.' A statement in her acknowledgments tells us many of the poems were written 'in honor of friends I loved who died during these past few years, leaving rips in the fabric of the world.' We are privileged to read them. ( )
  Esta1923 | Jul 21, 2010 |
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"If McHugh is serious, she's anything but grim; with all her punning, bantering, and mock scolding of herself . . . she brightens the shadowy corners of her world with verbal pyrotechnics."--The New York Times Book Review "Her poems are open, resilient, invisibly twisted: part safety net, part trampoline."--Village Voice Literary Supplement This fast-paced, verbally dexterous book--honored as a "Book of the Year" byPublishers Weekly--"boils up and boils over" as it utilizes medical terminology and iconography to work through loss and detachment. Heather McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms, coupled with her sarcastic self-reflection and infectious laughter, serve as both palliative and prophylactic in the face of human sufferings and ignorance. Being "upgraded to serious" from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry. "Not to Be Dwelled On" Self-interest cropped up even there, the day I hoisted three instead of the ceremonially called-for two spadefuls of loam onto the coffin of my friend. Why shovel more than anybody else? What did I think I'd prove? More love (mud in her eye)? More will to work? (her father what, a shirker?) Christ, what wouldn't anybody give to get that gesture back? She cannot die again; and I do nothing but re-live. Heather McHugh is the author of a dozen books of poetry and translation. She teaches at the University of Washington and Warren Wilson College and lives in Seattle, Washington.

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