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Seeking the Hook: New & Selected Poems

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SEEKING THE HOOK, New & Selected Poems, published in 1997, contains poems from Lou Lipsitz two previous books, COLD WATER and REFLECTIONS ON SAMSON as well as eight-five pages of new work. The new poems are especially focused on exploring aspects of the male emotional experience - including the struggle to acknowledge depth of feeling, coming to terms with loss, being able to carry the weight of grief and to find use for the fires of rage. Some poems ask how to deal with the wounds one has received and also the wounds one has inflicted, knowingly or not. As Robert Bly described the poet’s position in these new poems: “He’s in the boat along with crazy Hungarian aunts and Brooklyn grandfathers, but he’s also in the water more and more, a large fish looking for the hook of truth.” The clear exploratory honesty of the poems, led George Hitchcock to say”the best of them are the equal of anything now being written in America.”

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Product Details:
Author: Lou Lipsitz
Paperback: 166 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: July 20, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 1439238251
Package Length: 7.8 inches
Package Width: 5.12 inches
Package Height: 1.0 inches
Package Weight: 1.02 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 6 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:5.0 ( 6 customer reviews )
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:

5Lou Lipsitz's powerful poems go straight to the heart  Apr 07, 1999

This collection of poems is refreshing and speaks to a wide range of human emotions. You'll find yourself laughing at "The Blackberry Authorities," wincing at "Seeking the Hook" and crying at "Separation." Lipsitz's poetic descriptions of growing up in Brooklyn are humorous and heartwarming. This is my favorite collection of poetry. And best of all, I CAN UNDERSTAND IT :-) (How refreshing!) I just found out it is available through the Duke University Press.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

5Worth reading...  Sep 05, 2003

Lou Lipsitz has a wonderful gift for transforming deeply-felt emotions into colorful imagery, often profound and sometimes humorous. His work is accessible in that I feel that shock of recognition that comes whenever I see my own deep feelings captured by another, but also quite unique and surprising--he takes those feelings to places I have never been...

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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5Captivating  Oct 22, 2009
By RTW
Seeking the Hook is a poignant collection of poems about everyday life. Lou Lipsitz writes with a combination of heartbreaking clarity, pure wisdom and delightful humor. I absolutely love these poems.

3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

5Caught by Seeking the Hook  Dec 23, 2001

Seeking the Hook by Lou Lipsitz moved me. It is a very personal kind of poetry, accessible and beautifully written. I was surprised by how much I liked it.

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5POWERFUL WORK  Nov 18, 2009
By Michael Hanson
Lipsitz's poems pack a punch: carefully crafted to appear simple, they are nonetheless linguistically rich and emotionally charged. Like all great poets, his work gains power and depth upon repeated readings, so buy a copy and keep it handy. Although there is deep sadness here, there is also a clear love of living, the full embrace of Life with all its joys and burdens.

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