Albert Goldbarth’s new collection is a community of poems that makes room for other voices than the autobiographical “I”: some fantastical, some historical/celebrity, some the neighbours down the block.
The poems themselves offer a rich spectrum of possibilities, from the comic to the grievous, from a poem of five lines to a poem of six pages, but all presented by a poet whose broad understanding of history and of a wide range of character types allows him to people his writing with everyone from presidents to prostitutes, and from ancient mythmakers to contemporary celebrities - all the while remaining present as a smart and earnest voice.
- ISBN10 1733340017
- ISBN13 9781733340014
- Publish Date 1 April 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lost Horse Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 88
- Language English