Word Comix
Poems
Will be published approx. on 14. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-393-33819-5 (ISBN)
Description
Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough-mindedness gesture toward wisdom.
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"Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream." The New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33819-5 (9780393338195)
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Charlie Smith is the author of nine previous poetry collections, eight novels, and a book of novellas. He has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, among other honors. He lives in New York City.