Gunfire in Oz
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 093261681X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 98 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Redemptive" according to Phillip J. Zeeck. Jan Sherrill's work is as therapeutic as it is technically beautiful and tragic. He moves through grief with sincerity and self-reflection that are cruelly honest. His command of diction, rhythm, allusion, and conceit are graceful and stylish. Most important, his words redeem moments in time and settle the souls of his lover, himself, and the reader.. Joshua Arjuna said Making suffering beautiful. Gunfire in Oz demonstrates how after the loss of a loved one passion, love, and lust can be broken into sorrow, pain, and self-contempt. Sherrill's collection of poetry diplays a rare combination of mastery and sincerity that envokes strong emotions through the progressive contrast of light and darkness, literature from Henry James to the Bible, and images such as Icarus and trodding elephants. This volume is truly one that will stand the test of time as a eulogy to love and love's loss, and I strongly recommend it to those who seek to delve into the lesser seen side of truly romantic poetry.
Gunfire in Oz is a gay poetry collection that reflects the heartbreak of losing the love of one’s life to an extremely untimely death. These poems are not 'the needle point of guilt / and unregenerate desire,' he self-disparagingly calls them. They are a stele, mercilessly carved out of pain and love during a life 'of caring for those who do not.' Sherrill provides no false moments of redemptions, no easy consolations. Jan-Mitchell Sherrill has internalized most of contemporary and classic literature, metaphysics, and religion, and brought it to bear with steely passion on his grief and existential rage. If he finds 'love at last by loving its loss,' I am humbled by how assiduously and ardently he has cut that path." - David Bergman, author of Heroic Measures, Cracking the Code, and The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill a
His previous books of poetry are Blind Leading the Blind and Friend of the Groom. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of North Carolina, his Bachelor’s Degree at Towson University, and his high school diploma at the McDonogh School near Baltimore, Maryland. . Jan-Mitchell Sherrill is the Senior Associate Dean of Students at George Washington
He has also published in venues devoted to academic administration, and, in the late 1980s, headed the team that performed a groundbreaking national study of campus violence. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of North Carolina, his Bachelor’s Degree at Towson University, and his high school diploma at the McDonogh School near Baltimore, Maryland. About the AuthorJan-Mitchell Sherrill is the Senior Associate Dean of Students at George Washington University. His previous books of poetry are Blind Leading the Blind and Friend of the Groom.