A powerful, inventive collection from one of America's most respected poets . . .There's a trembling inside the both of us, there's a trembling, inside us both The territory of Reconnaissance is one where morals threaten to become merely "what the light falls through," "suffering seems] in fact for nothing," and maybe "all we do is all we can do." In the face of this, Carl Phillips, reconsidering and unraveling what we think we know, maps out the contours of a world in revision, where truth lies...
A powerful, inventive collection from one of America's most respected poets . . .There's a trembling ins...
A selection from the last twenty years of C. K. Williams's career, plus new work--proof of his enduring power
C. K. Williams's long career has been a catalog of surprises, of inventions and reinventions, of honors. His one constant is a remarkable degree of flexibility, a thrilling ability to shape-shift that goes hand in hand with an essential, enduring honesty. This rare, heady mix has ensured that his verses have remained, from book to book, as fresh and vibrant as they were when he first burst onto the scene.
Selected Later Poems--a generous selection...
A selection from the last twenty years of C. K. Williams's career, plus new work--proof of his enduring power