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\u003cdiv\u003eDorianne Laux\u0026#8217;s long-awaited third book of poetry follows her collection, \u003cI\u003eWhat We Carry\u003c/I\u003e, a finalist for the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. In \u003cI\u003eSmoke\u003c/I\u003e, Laux revisits familiar themes of family, working class lives and the pleasures of the body in poetry that is vital and artfully crafted\u0026#151;poetry that \"gets hard in the face of aloofness,\" in the words of one reviewer. In \u003cI\u003eSmoke\u003c/I\u003e, as in her previous work, Laux weaves the warp and woof of ordinary lives into extraordinary and complex tapestries. In \"The Shipfitter\u0026#8217;s Wife,\" a woman recalls her husband\u0026#8217;s homecoming at the end of his work day:\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cI\u003eThen I\u0026#8217;d open his clothes and take\u003cBR\u003ethe whole day inside me\u0026#151;the ship\u0026#8217;s\u003cBR\u003egray sides, the miles of copper pipe,\u003cBR\u003ethe voice of the foreman clanging\u003cbr\u003eoff the hull\u0026#8217;s silver ribs. Spark of lead\u003cBR\u003ekissing metal. The clamp, the winch,\u003cBR\u003ethe white fire of the torch, the whistle,\u003cBR\u003eand the long drive home.\u003c/I\u003e\u003cBR\u003eAnd in the title poem, Laux muses on her own guilty pleasures:\u003cBR\u003e\u003cI\u003eWho would want to give it up, the coal\u003cBR\u003ea cat\u0026#8217;s eye in the dark room, no one there\u003cBR\u003ebut you and your smoke, the window\u003cBR\u003ecracked to street sounds, the distant cries\u003cBR\u003eof living things. Alone, you are almost\u003cBR\u003esafe . . .\u003c/I\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003eWith her keen ear and attentive eye, Dorianne Laux offers us a universe with which we are familiar, but gives it to us fresh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cB\u003eDorianne Laux\u003c/B\u003e is the author of two previous collections of poetry from BOA Editions, Ltd., and is co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of \u003cI\u003eThe Poet\u0026#8217;s Companion: A Guide to the Joys of Writing Poetry\u003c/I\u003e (W.W. Norton, 1997), chosen as an alternate selection by several bookclubs. Laux was the judge for the 2012 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Contest, and is a tenured professor in the creative writing program at the University of Oregon. Laux lives in Eugene, Oregon.\u003cBR\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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