El Dorado

Explores what it feels like to live in America, at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Splicing cell-phone chatter with translations of ancient poems, and turning his high-res lens on everything from box stores to trout streams to airport lounges, the author renders both personal and collective experience with capacious and subtle skill.

About the author

Peter Campion teaches in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of two previous collections of poems, "Other People" and "The Lions," both published by the University of Chicago Press. He lives in Minneapolis.

Summary

Explores what it feels like to live in America, at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Splicing cell-phone chatter with translations of ancient poems, and turning his high-res lens on everything from box stores to trout streams to airport lounges, the author renders both personal and collective experience with capacious and subtle skill.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Campion
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226077116
• ISBN: 978-0-226-07711-6
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Phoenix Poets (Paperback); Phoenix Poets; Phoenix Poets (Paperback); Phoenix Poets (CHUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets