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...startling perversion of natural imagery. The most prominent example is in “Distortion,” where he relates the aging of peonies to “rough sex,” and the feeling of sexual possession to the possession of a “gutted deer?? after a hunt. These images, startling though they may be, constitute variations on the themes that extend throughout the collection. The sense is that, while Phillips is addressing some of the less attractive aspects of life, ultimately the world through his eyes is beautiful.“Speak...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acclaimed Poet Phillips Meditates on Life | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

Mary “the Lion” Howland Linus and Grace “the Deer?? Lowell Forbes Kennedy, both class of 1899, founded the society in 1898 along the lines of final clubs and fraternities...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Old Girls’ Club | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...basketball star Beverly C. Moore has no such qualms. She narrates a graphic account of alligator hunting in the bayou. This is after conceding that when she first transferred from Louisiana Tech, Moore may have freaked out her roommates by putting up hunting ritual photos of her smeared with deer??s blood...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wined and Dined | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...into the woods to harvest meat for their families? Or was it just men being barbaric and wanting to kill things? Was the violence and the physicality of the shot—the roar, the recoil of the stock against the shoulder, the impact with the deer, and the deer??s falling to the ground—a way for the paraplegic hunters to reconnect, to tap into some sustaining life force? I was not sure how I felt about this trade...

Author: By Melissa W. Inouye, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hunting and Hope | 11/27/2002 | See Source »

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