Running the gamut from traditional to radical forms, Timothy Liu s sixth collection of poems, "For Dust Thou Art," continues the trajectory of his previous books but extends his lyrical range. The centerpiece of the volume s tripartite structure is a meditation on the events surrounding 9/11 and its aftermath. In his poems, Liu explores what a twenty-first century American poetry of witness might look like and protests the charge that the poetic generation to which Liu belongs is stymied by a kind of jaded amorality. Whether taking on public spectacle or contemplating the fallout of a...
Running the gamut from traditional to radical forms, Timothy Liu s sixth collection of poems, "For Dust Thou Art," continues the trajectory of his ...
In this third collection of poems, Timothy Liu has extended his already considerable range in meticulous poems that are sometimes shocking, sometimes consoling, but consistently vivid in imagery and consequence. Marilyn Hacker has noted that Liu's Eros is agape also, and in Say Goodnight, his spirit of generosity once again shines through his subjects like an eternal light through the transparency of a world most people take for granted. From Ku Klux Klan murders to Rodin's sculptures, from the third century Chinese poet Lu Chi to a modern-day gay bashing, Liu greets savagery and beauty alike...
In this third collection of poems, Timothy Liu has extended his already considerable range in meticulous poems that are sometimes shocking, sometimes ...
Poetry. "Timothy Liu's poems are characterized by a unique mixture of the profane and the spiritual, and of the brutal and the tender. I admire their clarity and their sure art. A few of them, ' Thoreau,' 'Sunday,' 'Manifest Destiny,' 'Survivors,' are masterful "-Gerald Stern.
Poetry. "Timothy Liu's poems are characterized by a unique mixture of the profane and the spiritual, and of the brutal and the tender. I admire their ...
