Odd Mercy: Poems

The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled Hot Dog, named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In Hot Dog, and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues--hope, memory, faith--that have always occupied him.

Author: Gerald Stern
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/1997
Pages: 122
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.51w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780393316308

About the Author
Stern, Gerald: - Gerald Stern is the author of nineteen volumes of poetry. He has been awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Robert Frost Medal, among many other honors. He lives in New York City.