Dangerous Life

by Lucia Perillo, Peter Davison (Introduction)

Book by Perillo, Lucia Maria

Genres: Poetry

61 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 1989

About the author

Lucia Perillo published five books of poetry. Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 1979 with a major in wildlife management and subsequently worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her M.A. in English at Syracuse University, and taught at Saint Martin's College, and in the creative writing program at Southern Illinois University. Her work appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Kenyon Review. Luck Is Luck was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and won the Kingsley Tufts Prize. A former MacArthur fellow, Perillo lived in Olympia, Washington with her husband.

Reviews

[cyd⭐️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

i usually don’t read poetry.. i believe it to be an enormous waste of my time, (OFC no hate to anyone who is patient enough to read poetry or anyone who writes poetry.) And this isn’t an exception.

I am desperately trying to broaden my views, but this book of dumb poems did not help. (well some of the poems were good.. i liked 2/29 of them 😆😐)

(IM ALSO JUST A BIG HATER. i’m sure they would be beautiful and intricate poems to someone who actually takes the time to understand.)
i read through all 29 poems however and there was nothing i gained from reading it 🥱 (sometimes books are just like that, and it’s ok)

(2/5)⭐️📜

[David B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lush language and intense looks at the cruelty of the world. The longer lines keep the poems moving, making a prosaic statement in rippling rhythms.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read a sample of her poems somewhere and I must read this book. An online store has it, but it takes weeks to come. I want to read it NOW!

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gutsy poet.
Love her work