Odd Mercy

Odd Mercy Poems

Paperback (27 Aug 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog," named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog," and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues—hope, memory, faith—that have always occupied him.

Book information

ISBN: 9780393316308
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint: W.W. Norton and Company
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 122
Weight: 149g
Height: 211mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 13mm