Midwest Eclogue

By David Baker

Book Overview

Midwest Eclogue is a profound dialogue between the heartland and the heart. David Baker's devotions are erotic and familial, natural and environmental, literary and social. Inspired by the landscape of the Midwest, Baker's landscape of human passions-haunted by roots and wings-is rendered in a rich and polyphonic craft.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039306090X
• ISBN13: 9780393060904
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful

The poetry in this book is stunning. Two of Baker's favorite poets are Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, and it really shows. The language is tight and flowing and beautiful, and his poetry addresses many different issues: ADHD, cancer, environmental ruin, etc, in a story format.

Best Book I've Read This Year...

...And I read a lot of books. If you are looking for a book of poems by a smart, humane, passionate poet, here's the book you need to read. If you're tired of the pretentious incomprehensible word constructions of the hip ironic poets, read these poems instead. If you like poetry that's both musically rich and emotionally adult, complex and yet precise, here's your book. The poem "Hyper," about his daughter's diagnosis of ADHD, is by itself worth the price of the book. I'll be reading this collection for years to come.