"…hugely more enjoyable than the last twenty books of poetry I've read."
—X.J. Kennedy—
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David Alpaugh's Heavy Lifting
Poems 1995-2006
(new from Alehouse Press)
(includes the author's landmark essay
"The Professionalization of Poetry")
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"Brilliant... astounding... powerful... a superb poetic mind...
Heavy Lifting keeps the reader's heart in hand
to the last phrase and beyond."
—BAY AREA POETS SEASONAL REVIEW—
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| “Heavy
Lifting has it all: deftness, lightness of touch, metaphor, music
and a humane and heartful playfulness. Alpaugh’s work is by turns magically light (‘Singing
Along with Miss Worrell’) and timely and to the point (‘War and White
Wine’). Altogether—an amazing talent!” —Robert Sward
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"A poet of fine
sensibility and bawdy irreverence. An extraordinary literary ruffian of
our age, Alpaugh sings with neighborly charm and strikes hard like a
smith. No heavy book, this Heavy Lifting, that merrily shows us who we
really are.” —F.D. Reeve
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"Alpaugh is
a gutsy, elegant poet whose stylistic virtuosity allows him
unparalleled freedom to enter and illuminate unexplored corners and
wrinkles in time. For originality and wit, Heavy
Lifting is a delicious and enlightening trip." —Ruth Daigon
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To order Heavy Lifting
send $15 check or money order made out to Small Poetry Press to:
SPP Distribution
P.O. Box 5342
Concord, CA 94524
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