From rough optimism to sharp criticism, fifty American poets present new work dissecting the current political climate in America. Wide-ranging writers bring their bold voices to this collection, including Eileen Myles, Matthew Rohrer, Rebecca Wolff, Terrance Hayes, Joe Wenderoth, and Tao Lin.
"Walking by Hope Street""Look at the landscape, "
"A lot of damage, no?"
"But we are here together, "
"And of needing me, here"
"The world needs me, "
"We are too alone."
"And what of our orange daylight, "
"Growing darker as the lamplit"
"Trees grow dark. There"
"Is not enough to say."
"But our hands, our gentle"
"Frozen hands sift through"
"Things like numbers out of breath."
"It will all be okay, I promise."
"Promise who? Promise the faded land."
--Noelle Kocot
"Literary Agency""Coretta Scott"
"King has died, the other"
"day. Dream"
"unrealized. Lost"
"and found, lost again, bathos"
"my motivation"
"my Elysian"
"dream. The place"
"inside"
"untutored, incorruptible, "
"without relation. That's"
"something to hold onto, "
"and uncontingency"
"dressing the wound. That's"
"sad and just "what it is.""
"It is what it is."
"That's what I say"
"when I can't bear the news."
--Rebecca Wolff
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From rough optimism to sharp criticism, fifty American poets present new work dissecting the current political climate in America. Wide-ranging writers bring their bold voices to this collection, including Eileen Myles, Matthew Rohrer, Rebecca Wolff, Terrance Hayes, Joe Wenderoth, and Tao Lin.
"Walking by Hope Street""Look at the landscape, "
"A lot of damage, no?"
"But we are here together, "
"And of needing me, here"
"The world needs me, "
"We are too alone."
"And what of our orange daylight, "
"Growing darker as the lamplit"
"Trees grow dark. There"
"Is not enough to say."
"But our hands, our gentle"
"Frozen hands sift through"
"Things like numbers out of breath."
"It will all be okay, I promise."
"Promise who? Promise the faded land."
--Noelle Kocot
"Literary Agency""Coretta Scott"
"King has died, the other"
"day. Dream"
"unrealized. Lost"
"and found, lost again, bathos"
"my motivation"
"my Elysian"
"dream. The place"
"inside"
"untutored, incorruptible, "
"without relation. That's"
"something to hold onto, "
"and uncontingency"
"dressing the wound. That's"
"sad and just "what it is.""
"It is what it is."
"That's what I say"
"when I can't bear the news."
--Rebecca Wolff
Imprint | Wave Books |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | September 2008 |
Editors | Joshua Beckman, Matthew Zapruder |
Dimensions | 190 x 147 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 144 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-933517-33-9 |
Barcode | 9781933517339 |
Categories | |
LSN | 1-933517-33-6 |