Primer for Non-Native Speakers
2004
First Published
4.11
Average Rating
28
Number of Pages
“After reading Primer for Non-Native Speakers, I feel like I’ve just come back from a trip to Russia. Philip Metres’s brilliantly compressed lyrical narratives capture the grandeur and the bleakness of an almost mythological country, where a bronze statue of the great poet Pushkin now gazes out on the golden arches, and the swear of a slammed door is more expressive than a mouthful of words. These are subtle, accomplished, shimmering poems that explore the nuances of being an outsider in a language.”―Maura Stanton
Avg Rating
4.11
Number of Ratings
9
5 STARS
44%
4 STARS
22%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
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