Ghost Girl
Ghost Girl by Amy Gerstler is a First Edition poetry collection published by Penguin on April 6, 2004. This 80-page book features a range of thirty-seven poems that showcase Gerstler’s distinctive poetic style, blending sly sophistication with playful and profound insights. The collection explores various themes, including love, mourning, and the intersection of science and pseudoscience, while employing dramatic voices and visual techniques to find meaning in unexpected places.
Readers will encounter a diverse array of topics, from a tour of a doll hospital to reflections on Beethoven symphonies and even an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstler’s work invites contemplation on the idea of an afterlife, seances, and magic, making this collection both entertaining and erudite. With its complex yet accessible approach, Ghost Girl contributes to the landscape of contemporary poetry, particularly within the realms of American literature and women authors.
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Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, Amy Gerstler’s new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirty-seven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a CD of Beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstler’s abiding interests—in love and mourning, in science and pseudoscience, in the idea of an afterlife, in seances and magic—are all represented here. Entertaining and erudite, complex yet accessible, these poems will enhance Gerstler’s reputation as an important contemporary poet.
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