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Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Description
The first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career,Sleeping It Off in Rapid Citygathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel--actual and imaginary--remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid center of the universe / At the heartof the heart of America."
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LibraryThing member Zisi
August Kleinzahler has been writing poetry for a long time, and he keeps getting better. This volume is a retrospective of sorts, but includes much new work as well. How to describe Kleinzahler? He has his roots in Beat poetry, but he's gone far beyond such influences. His writing always feels
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fresh, original, inventive, and unexpected, thoroughly American in sensibility but international in scope. Highly recommended. Show Less
Awards
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Gold Medal — Poetry — 2008)
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — Poetry — 2008)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Fiction & Poetry — 2008)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction — 2008)