Doubles
64 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
©
1995
Series: Phoenix Poets
Cloth $25.00
ISBN: 9780226673370
Published October 1995
Paper $13.00
ISBN: 9780226673387
Published October 1995
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Doubles is at once tough-minded and urbane, veering from lyricism to street slang, oscillating with the beat of the American city. As his title suggests, Polito's world is one of doubling, simulation, impersonation, and mimicry—a shrewd vision of urban life.
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