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Article: Hartley Field.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Poetry
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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by Connie Wanek. Holy Cow! Press. $13.95.
Hartley Field, Connie Wanek's second book, is published by Holy Cow!, a regional press based in Minnesota. There are three things to be said about this. First, yes, that really is an exclamation point; second, there are indeed cows on Holy Cow!'s website; third, maybe some of the better known presses should think about adding random typographic symbols to their titles (Knopf#?), because Hartley Field contains some very good poems. Obviously they're doing something right! In Minnesota!
Wanek's best work is short, plain, funny, and frequently dark. Though her lines can be fluid and pastoral ("The white alyssum ...