TY - GEN T1 - The blues of heaven poems T2 - Pitt poetry series. A1 - Ras, Barbara LA - English PP - Pittsburgh, Pa. PB - University of Pittsburgh Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1247671130 AB - "In The Blues of Heaven, Barbara Ras delivers her characteristic subjects with new daring that both rattles and beguiles. Here are poems of grief over her brother's death; doors to an idiosyncratic working-class childhood among Polish immigrants; laments for nature and politics out of kilter. Ras portrays the climate crisis, guns out of control, the reckless injustice and ignorance of the United States government. At the same time, her poems nimbly focus on particulars--these facts, these consequences--bringing the wreckage of unfathomable harm home with immediacy and integrity. Though her subjects may be dire, Ras also weaves her wise humor throughout, moving deftly from sardonic to whimsical to create an expansive, ardent, and memorable book."--Publisher's description. CN - PS3568.A637 B59 2021 SN - 9780822988212 SN - 0822988216 SN - 0822966549 SN - 9780822966548 KW - Women authors : Poetry. KW - American poetry : 21st century. KW - Écrivaines : Poésie. KW - Women authors KW - American poetry KW - POETRY. KW - 2000-2099 KW - Poetry KW - poetry. KW - Poetry. KW - Poésie. KW - Electronic books. ER -