| Author: | Lawrence Joseph | ISBN: | 9781466873278 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lawrence Joseph |
| ISBN: | 9781466873278 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
Visual, auditory, tactile--ever attentive to perception--Lawrence Joseph's third book of poems, Before Our Eyes, generously, almost exotically, blends various tones, atmospheres, and textures into forms of concentrated, pitch-perfect invention. The poet, an astute aesthetician, is also astutely conscious of history, a critical observer of public life. He explores the American identity. He investigates meaning and language. He celebrates the mysteries of beauty and love. The result is a poetry of illuminating effects which captures a profound sense of what it's like to be alive, and what it means to write poetry, in a radically changing time.
Visual, auditory, tactile--ever attentive to perception--Lawrence Joseph's third book of poems, Before Our Eyes, generously, almost exotically, blends various tones, atmospheres, and textures into forms of concentrated, pitch-perfect invention. The poet, an astute aesthetician, is also astutely conscious of history, a critical observer of public life. He explores the American identity. He investigates meaning and language. He celebrates the mysteries of beauty and love. The result is a poetry of illuminating effects which captures a profound sense of what it's like to be alive, and what it means to write poetry, in a radically changing time.
