The Hell with Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart FROM OUR EDITORS
Poetry lovers who know what it means to be jilted will be entranced by this aptly named anthology. The theme concept might seem to be a mere device, but The Hell with Love is by any standard a solid collection. Its contributors include Billy Collins, Margaret Atwood, Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, Sharon Olds, and John Donne.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Passionate, edgy, funny, and profound, The Hell With Love is for anyone who has ever suffered the pain of breaking up -- and everyone who believes in the unique power of poetry to console and transform.
We've all been there...probably more often than we'd care to admit. Interpreted by a pair of wise and witty editor's, these poems make up a one-of-a-kind collection that helps you through the classic stages of heartbreak. From John Donne to Margaret Atwood, from Pablo Neruda to Gwendolyn Brooks, here are poems that dig into the hurt and anger, poems that bring comfort and perspective, and poems that encourage you to get over your ex and move on.
FROM THE CRITICS
Andrew Carroll
The greatest anthology of poetry I have ever read...it reminds me why I fell in love with poetry in the first place.
Lucinda Rosenfeld
If there was ever any doubt that love stinks, this expertly-selected trousseau of dirty laundry and broken trust...makes a strong case in the affirmative.
Matt Klam
Whether you're miserable or not, The Hell with Love doesn't just fix your misery...From the first page you feel love again, just not the kind that kills you.
Publishers Weekly
Those looking to poetry to ease a recent breakup won't have to thumb through painfully irrelevant odes to joy any longer. The pocket-sized The Hell with Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart, edited by Mary D. Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Velez, organizes its contents according to the stages of heartbreak ("anger," "sadness," etc.). Most are by well-known 20th-century U.S. poets: William Carlos Williams, Louise Gleck, Sharon Olds, though Donne, Shakespeare and Larkin also make appearances. Predictable selections (Margaret Atwood's "You Fit Into Me") are balanced out by a few eccentric, perhaps witty curatorial decisions, such as the inclusion of Auden's "Musee Des Beaux Arts" in the section called "Moving On." ( Jan.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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