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FINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AWARD

A breakout collection that showcases the voice of a young poet striking out, dramatically, emphatically, to stake his claim on "the City"--an unnamed, crowded place filled with gunmen, lovers, children, neighbors, builders, soldiers, professors, bouncers, and widowers.

In this series of semi-mythologized, symbolic narratives interspersed with dramatic monologues, Wayne Miller presents a city laden with "kisses in doorways, weapons / and sculptures, concerts / and fistfights, sex toys and votives, / engines and metaphors." And yet the City, both unidentifiable and readily familiar, is also a place where the human questions and observations found in almost any city--past, present, and future--ring out with urgency.

These poems--in turn elegiac, celebratory, haunting, grave, and joyful--give hum to our modern experience, to all those caught up in the City's immensity.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781571314451
  • ISBN-10: 1571314458
  • Publisher: Milkweed Editions
  • Publish Date: September 2011
  • Dimensions: 8.54 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.41 pounds
  • Page Count: 104

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