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Period Pieces: Poems |
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In the 1970s Rudy Kikel garnered a reputation as an astute critic of the newly emerging wealth of gay-male poetry. Since then he has published a few of his own collections, butPeriod Pieces contains his best work to date. Kikel has always been a contemplative poet whose conversational form and inclination to self-revelation fuels the emotional intensity of his work. The poems gathered here are relentless self-examinations of personal responsibility and the effect of national and personal history on the individual. With compassion and a startling sense of self-inquisition, Kikel uses his "My Hamlet" series to explore his decades-old relationship with Craig, a ex-lover who later dies of AIDS. The passion and intelligence of this examination are both powerful and illuminating. In the "Gottscheers" poems, Kikel reflects upon his German heritage, celebrating the bravery of his parents and their siblings as he attempts to come to grips with history. Precise, poignant, and filled with intellectual and emotional passion, Period Pieces moves us in surprising and lovely ways.
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