Who says poets need to cross over into prose? Joseph Mancure
Marsh's book length poem, The Set-up, was the basis for the
great noir movie of the same name.
--Scott
>From: Reed Andrus <
rsandrus@swbell.net>
>Reply-To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Mysterious (Hardboiled?)
Poets
>Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 10:54:56 -0500
>
>A couple of comments, perhaps only marginally
on-topic.
>First, I read The Church of Dead Girls, found it to
be very
>well-written, heavily noir rather than hard-boiled
(some reviewers
>and/or critics have cited its horror elements;
personally, I
>didn't find much connection), and slow-going. I
wasn't
>particularly moved to read Dobyns' second offering in
this
>vein -- the name of which escapes me at the
moment.
>
>Second, you're dismissing _all_ mysteries written by
poets
>based on this single book? That's similar to
dismissing the
>entire John Sandford/Lucas Davenport series as serial
killer
>novels on the basis of reading one book. You might
want
>to find Death and the Good Life by Richard Hugo (St.
Martins,
>1981), or some of Michael Cadnum's output (notably
his
>YA novel, Calling Home, published by Viking in 1991;
most
>of his other books are horror/dark fantasy, but well
worth your
>time). I'm sure there are other poetical exceptions
that fall into
>the hardboiled/noir camp.
>
>... Reed
>
>
> > Richard Moore <
Moorich2@aol.com> noted: "I also picked up several
by
>Stephen
> > Dobyns, a writer who has recently caught my
eye. One I am excited about
> > reading was one of his "mainstream" novels but
it looks very much in
>line
> > with our focus. The title: THE CHURCH OF DEAD
GIRLS. I liked the
>opening.
> > Without giving anything away as to plot, are
there any out there who
>have
> > read this one and have an opinion?"
> >
> > I read a couple of his horseracing books years
ago and found them short
>of
> > plot. He's a poet, I decided poets can't write
mysteries, and I haven't
>read
> > any fiction written by poets since then. How's
his plotting these days?
>Did
> > I write him off too soon?
> >
> > Joy, who can do either her taxes or her 20 best
by 4/15
>
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