Something I Expected to Be Different

Poetry. Tomaz Salamun wrote about Joshua Beckman's first book, THINGS ARE HAPPENING (winner of the APR Honickman First Book Prize in 1998), This book seduced me on the spot. I instantly started longing to become friends with the world in it. It's fresh, it's new, its fairness makes me grateful for reading it. Beckman's new book, SOMETHING I EXPECTED TO BE DIFFERENT, traverses a space of meditative consciousness and day to day life with an elated and disjointed lyricism. The speakers in these long poems move through a world awash with inconsistency and confusion, trying to make sense of their surroundings and their desires. Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He lives in Staten Island, New York.

About the author

Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His previous books include Your Time Has Come, and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer. He lives in Seattle and New York.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Beckman, Joshua Saul Beckman, BECKMAN JOSHUA
• Publisher: Wave Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2004
• EAN: 9780970367242
• ISBN: 978-0-9703672-4-2
• No. of pages: 72
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 140 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 114 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies