| Author: | August Kleinzahler | ISBN: | 9781466880764 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | September 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | August Kleinzahler |
| ISBN: | 9781466880764 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | September 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
The first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career, Sleeping It Off in Rapid City gathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel—actual and imaginary—remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid center of the universe / At the heart of the heart of America."
The first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career, Sleeping It Off in Rapid City gathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel—actual and imaginary—remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid center of the universe / At the heart of the heart of America."
