
Brother No One
Brian Henry(Author)
Salt Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-1-84471-918-1 (ISBN)
Description
Written during the George W. Bush era, the poems in Brother No One take their bearings from our surveillance society, where no action or transaction goes unnoticed. Everything, from vacation spots to email messages to food choice, becomes part of the surveilled tableau, and the lines between victim, bystander, and perpetrator become blurred. The CIA regulates the sun's rising and setting, cameras lurk behind mirrors, and every human interaction becomes fodder for film. Brian Henry takes on these issues with dizzying energy, examining their effects on language, the body, perception, and the possibility of human love. Brother No One is searingly political, deeply personal, and wholly idiosyncratic.
Reviews / Votes
[Brian Henry] offers a powerful re-calibration of the senses, shifting our attention beneath the surfaces and skins of things. * Publishers Weekly * [Brian Henry] ... entices the reader into the hidden crevices and empty spaces of daily existence. * P.N. Review * Henry is a keen observer who writes from a constantly changing perspective. * Jacket *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84471-918-1 (9781844719181)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Brian Henry is a U.S. poet, translator, editor, and critic. The author of nine books of poetry, he has received numerous honors for his work, including the Best Translated Book Award, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award, a translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a grant from the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has co-edited the journal Verse since 1995, and his criticism has appeared in such publications as the Times Literary Supplement and New York Times Book Review. He translated Woods and Chalices by Tomaz Salamun and The Book of Things by Ales Steger.
Content
Asleep, the Structure
Unmoving, We Remain, Unmoved
Something Dark Indeed
Water & Weather, the Sun
Disguise
Teeth-Tiered
Lipica
Audition
97% of the Population Live Within Five Miles of the Coast
Interior: Airport Bar
Rolling Meth Lab
Orchestrating Flight
Baited Sonnet
Irritable Bowel Sonnet
Us Two
Arkitekt [Through a Glass Darkly]
Powerwalker Sonnet
Cruelty Free Sonnet
Divine Residue
Arms & Weather, the Stars
Submarine
Actually Sounding, or Bad-Ass Cassowary
Particle & Parcel
Big Big
CIA Sunrise
Festive Occasion
Awkward Acquaintance in Autumn
Histrionic Tendencies
Ghouls
Tink
Devil's Snare
One for the Man
Boyish Figure
Sidewalk Cachet
Brother Witch
Foundation
Beaten to the Punch
The Migraine Sonnets
Gray Easel
Brother No One
Unmoving, We Remain, Unmoved
Something Dark Indeed
Water & Weather, the Sun
Disguise
Teeth-Tiered
Lipica
Audition
97% of the Population Live Within Five Miles of the Coast
Interior: Airport Bar
Rolling Meth Lab
Orchestrating Flight
Baited Sonnet
Irritable Bowel Sonnet
Us Two
Arkitekt [Through a Glass Darkly]
Powerwalker Sonnet
Cruelty Free Sonnet
Divine Residue
Arms & Weather, the Stars
Submarine
Actually Sounding, or Bad-Ass Cassowary
Particle & Parcel
Big Big
CIA Sunrise
Festive Occasion
Awkward Acquaintance in Autumn
Histrionic Tendencies
Ghouls
Tink
Devil's Snare
One for the Man
Boyish Figure
Sidewalk Cachet
Brother Witch
Foundation
Beaten to the Punch
The Migraine Sonnets
Gray Easel
Brother No One