Details
- ISBN 9781882295678 / 1882295676
- Title The Temple Gate Called Beautiful
- Author David Kirby
- Category Poetry
- Format Paperback
- Year 2008
- Pages 76
- Publisher Alice James Books
- Language English
- Dimensions 138mm x 7mm x 217mm
An erudite, fast-talking, visionary, myth-busting black comedy of the afterlife narrated by a hopeful non-believer.
David Kirby's hilarious, poignant ninth collection of poetry opens with Elvis as Virgil guiding us through the afterlife, imagines where the dead go when they die, what they wear when they get there, and whether Heaven or Hell throws a better party.
David Kirby teaches at Florida State University and is the author of eight previous collections of poetry, including; 'The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems', as well as a collection of essays. Kirby is a recipient of an NEA Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work appears regularly in the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies.
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