So What

A bristling, invigorating new collection from the eminent American poet Frederick Seidel declares ''I''m not as old as I used to be. I''m getting young.'' In So What , he speeds across the island of Manhattan on his racetrack-only Superbike, hurtling into the tenth decade of his life and sixth decade of his extraordinary career. But the path from youth to old age has not been straightforward. With a disarming combination of acuity and playfulness, the poet confronts his vulnerability while using his artfulness as a form of subversion. Rather than contemplating a return to childlike innocence, he writes, ''I explode with rage and age.'' In doing so, he summons up a tidal surge full of shotguns and wristwatches, late-blooming love and sex, and stark glimpses of American life. At its crest stands the poet, looking over all this wreckage and creation, and he proclaims: so what.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frederick Seidel, Seidel Frederick
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.08.2025
• EAN: 9780571395958
• ISBN: 978-0-571-39595-8
• Pagine: 152
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; POETRY / General, Poetry, POETRY / American / General, Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), POETRY / Jewish, Poetry / poems by individual poets