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David St. John

The Face (Harper Collins) Rapid tonal shifts, teetering rhetorical mixtures of irony and self-pity, and overwhelming instability characterize David St. John's The Face, a novella in verse...

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By Michael Silverblatt • Apr 22, 2004 • 30m Listen

Rapid tonal shifts, teetering rhetorical mixtures of irony and self-pity, and overwhelming instability characterize

: A Novella in Verse

(Harper Collins). How does poet

David St. John balance the welter of comedy and agony to arrive at spiritual transcendence?

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The Face (Harper Collins) Rapid tonal shifts, teetering rhetorical mixtures of irony and self-pity, and overwhelming instability characterize David St. John's The Face, a novella in verse...
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