Controlling Interests

by Charles Bernstein

Published 1 October 1980

The poems of Controlling Interests by Charles Bernstein continually reveal his desire for connecting the individual to the world through language. This early book is one of the most original and imaginative in American lyric verse.


Islets/Irritations

by Charles Bernstein

Published 1 November 1983

In Islets/Irritations Bernstein relentlessly explores the nature of...language, comprehension, communication… This is serious writing that demands close reading and rereading.