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Practical Gods

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Practical Gods
AuthorCarl Dennis
GenrePoetry
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States of America
ISBN0141002301

Practical Gods is a collection of poems by Carl Dennis published in 2001 by Penguin Books. The collection won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[1] and the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.[2]

Contents and description

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One of the guiding motifs of the collection is the imagined interaction between humans and gods, for which Dennis draws off the Greek and Christian pantheons.[3] The poems of Practical Gods can be generally described as free verse[4] and which John Taylor called "thinking poetry" given a heavy emphasis on "exposition of thought" rather than sensory description.[5] Donna Seaman described the register of the collection as "plainspoken".[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Practical Gods via The Pulitzer Prize". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Practical Gods by Carl Dennis: 9780141002309 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ Lund, Elizabeth (2002). "Practical Gods". The Christian Science Monitor. 95: 15.
  4. ^ "Practical Gods". Publishers Weekly. 248 (36): 83. 2001.
  5. ^ Taylor, John (2002). "Review: [Untitled]". The Antioch Review. 60 (3): 535.
  6. ^ Seaman, Donna (2001). "Practical Gods". Booklist. 98 (3): 278.