Nice Day for Murder
Poems for James Cagney
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2001
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888012609
- Publish Date
- Apr 2001
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
A collection of poems for one of Hollywood's great actors, best known for his gangster films of the 1930s, Nice Day for Murder takes a Tommy gun to contemporary notions of poetry and feminism. Lines begin to blur between fiction and reality as the narrative confuses Cagney's street-tough movie persona with his gentle off-screen demeanour.
About the author
Kimmy Beach is the author of four poetry collections: Nice Day for Murder: Poems for James Cagney, Alarum Within: theatre poems, Fake Paul, and in Cars. She has an honours degree in English from the University of Alberta. Kimmy lives in Red Deer, Alberta with her husband.