
The FUTURE PERFECT
A FUGUE
Eric Pankey(Author)
Tupelo Press, Incorporated
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
44 pages
978-1-946482-71-6 (ISBN)
Description
"I am stunned, delighted, and moved by the seamless merging of meaning and music that unfolds throughout The Future Perfect: A Fugue. Whether made up of one sentence or a dozen, each section of this long, single work stands on its own, as self-sufficient as a painting in a museum, while contributing to the whole masterful gathering. "This is an intricate work of decisive oscillation, of tender and careful attention shifting swiftly and precisely between the infinitesimal and the vast, and between one concrete reality and another, without ever losing its way: The house rages, but is not consumed. Ablaze, it stands as square and certain as a child's drawing. In each window: flames instead of curtains. "Such sure-footed writing is astonishing. It would be an understatement to point out that the reader rarely encounters such piercing visionary states, with the author highly alert to sound and syllable, while focused on meaning: Is it disillusion or dissolution that one experiences first? "Throughout, the author probes our capacity for perception: what do we see (the present), remember (the past), and imagine (the future)? And how do we understand them? What elevates the writing even more is the unmistakable passion and urgency pulsing throughout each of the poem's sections, the deliberate and inspired choice of every word."
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
83 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-946482-71-6 (9781946482716)
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Person
Eric Pankey is the author of many collections of poetry. His work has been supported by fellowships for the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is Heritage Chair and Professor Emeritus of English at George Mason University.