Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations

“April is the cruelest month, ..” so begins the first line of T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland. Aside from the weather conditions alluded to in the opening lines of this poem, April can be cruel as well for being tax month. Yet it also can be a joyous month of celebration. For the last several years it has been National Poetry Month. This would be a good time to pick up a copy of The Wasteland especially the $3.95 Signet Classic Edition I reviewed in the March Education Update last month.

Marilyn Nelson, recently honored by Bank Street College, has a fine collection of poems, too, titled Carver a life in poems. The book relates in verse George Washington Carver’s life and work. Interspersed throughout are black and white photographs of him at school and at work, the tools he used and the works he produced. Nelson’s poetic narrative brings alive its subject matter in a way that a straight prose narrative of Carver’s life and a textbook description of his work would not. Unknown presents a work of passion in poetry, song and art of newcomer Laurie A. Huyghe. From the funny ‘Good and Plenty’ to her ode to ‘Union Church at Pocantico Hills’, to ‘Security Blanket’, to ‘Thank You God’ and the many other selections present, Huyghe is passionate, whimsical and expressive. I look forward to her next poetry collection.

Noted illustrator and children’s book author, James Stevenson has a fun collection of poems and illustrations titled Corn-Fed. The cover of the book captures the whimsy well of the poems with the smiley pig prancing through the cornfields. His illustration and poem titled ‘The Mall’ will make the reader chuckle about what Stevenson feels should be done with shopping malls. His poem titled ‘Larry’s’ is a visual and verbal humor fest of the effect of snow on car sales. His poems and illustrations are for the child in all of us.

The above books mentioned are all available for purchase at Logos as well as many other fine books of poetry and books about poetry and poets. In honor of National Poetry Month between April 3 and April 30th, 2002 poetry books, biographies of poets and books about poetry will be 20% off the regular price when the coupon below is presented at the time of purchase. So come visit us and shop for Graduation and Mother’s Day. We have very nice greeting cards for those occasions as well as any other occasion. Logos’ hours are Mondays through Fridays, 10 A.M. to 9 P.M., Saturdays, 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. and Sundays, 12 Noon to 7 P.M.

Transit: #4, #5, #6 Lexington Avenue Subway to 86th St., M86 Bus (86th St.), M15 Bus (First & Second Aves.), M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.)

Upcoming Events At Logos

Wednesday, April 3, 2002, 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Children’s Story Time every Monday at 3:30 P.M.#

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