Sleeping It off in Rapid City Poems, New and Selected |
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Author:
| Kleinzahler, August |
ISBN: | 978-0-374-53173-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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The first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career,
Sleeping It Off in Rapid Citygathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel--actual and imaginary--remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid...
More DescriptionThe first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career,Sleeping It Off in Rapid Citygathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel--actual and imaginary--remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid center of the universe / At the heartof the heart of America."