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In this selection of shorter lyric poems, celebrated Language poet Bruce Andrews offers his charismatic blend of satire, wit and jouissance, creating a dizzying picture of modern America. In these poems Andrews explores a more intimate and domestic register, further reminding us of the astonishing range of this contemporary master.
List of contents
- I Knew the Signs by Their Tents
- Verbal Sallies
- "Facts are Stupid things"
- Did you Really?
- Lives in Bed Hallway
- Somehow that's Just the Way it is and I Just Don't Really Care
- Secret Refracted Somewhere Here
- Countless
- Count
- Spinto
- Time Expansion
- Black
- Devo Habit
- Lasting Kiss Removal
- Can it Start Fires?
- Please Please Did
- M 0 B
- Danger Risk Hazard Jeopardy Peril
- Valentines
- Reverb Sallies
- Definition
About the author
Bruce Andrews is "a performance artist and poet whose texts are some of the most radical of the Language school; his poetry tries to cast doubt on each and every 'natural' construction of language" (The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English). Andrews is a founding editor of the legendary journal L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, which catalyzed the eponymous poetry movement that emerged in the 1970s and '80s. His many books include Lip Service, Give 'Em Enough Rope, Designated Heartbeat, Ex Why Zee, Tizzy Boost, and I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (or, Social Romanticism).
