Read more
"Unlike anything else in contemporary poetry."-
The NationIn this collection, poet Roger Weingarten further demonstrates his mastery at drawing the trappings of daily life - whether rodents in the basement, the Summer Olympics on television, or a fairway sniper-into the sphere of mystery and personal revelation. Weingarten has a sly way with language and an unerring sense of how to weave the strands of experience into the fabric of epiphany. This is writing of artful restlessness and profound yet edgy wisdom, telling stories whose endings constantly subvert our comforting expectations.
About the author
Roger Weingarten has received numerous awards for his poetry, including a Pushcart Prize, a Louisville Review Poetry Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, and an Ingram Merill Foundation Award in Literature.
Summary
“Unlike anything else in contemporary poetry.”—The Nation
In this collection, poet Roger Weingarten further demonstrates his mastery at drawing the trappings of daily life – whether rodents in the basement, the Summer Olympics on television, or a fairway sniper—into the sphere of mystery and personal revelation. Weingarten has a sly way with language and an unerring sense of how to weave the strands of experience into the fabric of epiphany. This is writing of artful restlessness and profound yet edgy wisdom, telling stories whose endings constantly subvert our comforting expectations.
