A New Kind of Country (Paperback)

Kyle Schlesinger

ISBN 10: 1946104256 / ISBN 13: 9781946104250

Verlag: Chax Press, Arizona, 2020

Paperback. Kyle Schlesinger s poems and prose texts speak in a voice that gets beneath the skin of these times, pointing us in and beyond ourselves. The words are in the body / The body is in the mind he tells us. And What s on television he asks, then admits Just another hallucination. Green light and pink lighting permeate this work. You wouldn t believe it / If I told you / That I was where / You thought you were / When we heard the news. We need these words of Kyle s to help us shoulder that news fake and otherwise aimed at us each day. The twoline poem, Split, is worth quoting in full: We were / Now we re. And poems such as It s a Freak Out deliver a sophisticated humor. A wholly original book. Margaret Randall Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781946104250

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Poetry. Art. "Kyle Schlesinger has always written the kinds of poems I want as conversations with the world. I mean, Jesus Christ, look at who he dedicates this book to! Right there is the dinner party for A NEW KIND OF COUNTRY, and I want to be there, even if I have to sit at the kids' table! Read this book, and like me, start all over again! You will ask, as the poet does, 'Which way is America / Sound not a word / Which way is America' and you will listen for it."-CA Conrad

"Kyle Schlesinger's poems and prose texts speak in a voice that gets beneath the skin of these times, pointing us in and beyond ourselves. 'The words are in the body / The body is in the mind' he tells us. And 'What's on television' he asks, then admits 'Just another hallucination.' Green light and pink lighting permeate this work. 'You wouldn't believe it / If I told you / That I was where / You thought you were / When we heard the news.' We need these words of Kyle's to help us shoulder that news-'fake and otherwise-aimed at us each day. The two-line poem, 'Split,' is worth quoting in full: 'We were / Now we're.' And poems such as 'It's a Freak Out' deliver a sophisticated humor. A wholly original book."-Margaret Randall

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Kyle Schlesinger was born in Providence in 1976. He studied poetry and pedagogy at Goddard College, and went on to study poetics with Robert Creeley at the University at Buffalo, where he earned his doctorate in 2005. The author of over twenty books of poetry and criticism, including A NEW KIND OF COUNTRY (Chax Press, 2020), PARTS OF SPEECH (Chax Press, 2014), THE PINK (Kenning Editions, 2008), HELLO HELICOPTER (BlazeVOX books, 2007), and MOONLIGHTING (Cuneiform Press, 2005). Schlesinger currently lives in Austin, where he runs Cuneiform Press and directs the Graduate Program in Publishing at UHV.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A New Kind of Country (Paperback)
Verlag: Chax Press, Arizona
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Paperback
Illustrator: Dine, Jim
Zustand: new