ROTC Kills - Poems

"[A] visionary new book of poems and prose meditations." --Susan Stewart, author of Columbarium and Red Rover "John Koethe''s poems...are profound meditations on time and the curious hold it has on the human psyche. In them, even the most extreme exertions of consciousness are transformed into the faultless measures of clear and beautiful speech." --American Academy of Arts and Letters ROTC Kills is a lyrical and arresting new collection from renowned poet John Koethe, 2011 winner of the Arts and Letters Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize for the year''s outstanding work of poetry. As typified by the provocative title piece--a wistful look back at the poet''s years at Harvard University in the late sixties--the poetry and prose within evoke the memories and dreams; the literature, popular culture, and philosophy of a generation through the lens of the poet''s personal history. In the grand tradition of Wordsworth, Wallace Stevens, and John Ashbery, ROTC Kills is an important work from a major American poet.

About the author

John Koethe is distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the first Poet Laureate of Milwaukee. His collections include Falling Water, which won the Kingsley-Tufts Award, North Point North, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Ninety-fifth Street, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2011, he received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Product details

• Authors: John Koethe, Koethe John
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2012
• EAN: 9780062136022
• ISBN: 978-0-06-213602-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Epic, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Diaries, letters and journals, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Speeches, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, FICTION: Literary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, POETRY: General, POETRY: Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, POETRY: Epic, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, poetry;short;quick read;fast read;easy read;2011;2012;2013, Poetry by form: Haiku