Sleeping with the Dictionary (New California Poetry)
In a stunning new collection of poems of transport and transcendence, African-American poet Nathaniel Mackey's "asthmatic song of aspiration" scuttles across cultures and histories―from America to AndalucÃa, from Ethiopia to Vienna―in a sexy, beautiful adaptive dance.
Part antiphonal rant, part rhythmic whisper, Nathaniel Mackey's new collection of poems, Splay Anthem, takes the reader to uncharted poetic spaces. Divided into three sections―"Braid," "Fray," and "Nub" (one referent Mackey notes in his stellar Introduction: "the imperial, flailing republic of Nub the United States has become, the shrunken place the earth has become, planet Nub")―Splay Anthem weaves together two ongoing serial poems Mackey has been writing for over twenty years, "Song of the Andoumboulou" and "Mu" (though "Mu no more itself / than Andoumboulou").Country | USA |
Brand | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Manufacturer | New Directions |
Binding | Paperback |
ReleaseDate | 2006-05-17 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780811216524 |