The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled "Hot Dog," named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In "Hot Dog," and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues—hope, memory, faith—that have always occupied him.
| ISBN: | 9780393316308 |
| Publication date: | 27th August 1997 |
| Author: | Gerald Stern |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 122 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |