God Particles: Poems

Thomas Lux

2008年3月 · 書商：HarperCollins

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God Particles displays the distinctive originality and unpredictability that prompted the Washington Post Book World to name Lux one of this generation’s most gifted poets. A satiric edge, tempered by profound compassion, cuts through many of the poems in Lux’s book of imaginative verse. While themes of intolerance, inhumanity, loss, and a deep sense of mortality mark these poems about life and death, a lighthearted grace instills even the somberest moments with unexpected sweetness. In the title poem Lux writes, “there’s no reason for God to feel guilt / I think He was downhearted, weary, too weary / to be angry anymore . . . / He wanted each of us, / and all the things we touch . . . / to have a tiny piece of Him / though we are unqualified, / of even the crumb of a crumb.” Dark, humorous, and strikingly imaginative, this is Lux’s most compassionate work to date.

In this powerful work of contemporary poetry, a satiric edge meets profound compassion in poems that explore:

Contemporary American Poetry: Written by a poet the Washington Post Book World named “one of this generation’s most gifted,” this collection showcases a truly distinctive and unpredictable voice.
Dark Humor and Satire: Lux confronts themes of intolerance and inhumanity with a sharp, satiric edge that is both cutting and deeply insightful.
Profoundly Compassionate Verse: While exploring loss and a deep sense of mortality, these poems are instilled with a lighthearted grace that finds unexpected sweetness in the somberest moments.
Imaginative Themes: From the unique vision of the title poem to wildly original meditations on life, this collection is a testament to Lux’s strikingly imaginative power.

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THOMAS LUX holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry and is the director of the McEver Visiting Writers Program at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been awarded three NEA grants and the Kingsley Tufts Award and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He lives in Atlanta.