Jimmy & Rita by Kim Addonizio

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Jimmy & Rita by Kim Addonizio

One of the wonderful things about Jimmy & Rita is that Kim Addonizio never imposes herself in any way, so the poems sing themselves into us. We experience the victories and defeats of Jimmy and Rita as they struggle through the boundless claustrophobia of their world. I think of them and there is a sense of sadness within me. Yet I think of what Addonizio has accomplished and I feel joy.--Hubert Selby, Jr Kim Addonizio's work is distinguished by two of the rarest qualities in American poetry: a sense of dramatic life on the page and a sense of class consciousness. Both are evident in Jimmy & Rita, a book that streams with the fragmented unity, pace and visceral immediacy of a film: --Stuart Dybeck

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ISBN 13 9781880238417
ISBN 10 1880238411
Title Jimmy & Rita
Author Kim Addonizio
Series American Poets Continuum
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher BOA Editions
Year published 1996-11-01
Number of pages 88
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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