Taking as his starting point such wide-ranging subjects as comic books, politics, romantic love, geology, newspapers, totalitarianism, the natural world, the classics, Paris, Miami Beach, and war, Charlie Smith has written freshly realized poems in which compassion and tough-mindedness gesture toward wisdom.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Charlie Smith
EAN: 9780393338195
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 131 g
HEIGHT: 211 cm
PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co
DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-09-14
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GENRE: POETRY / American / General
WIDTH: 157 cm
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Poetry by individual poets
"Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream." The New York Times Book Review
Charlie Smith is the author of eight previous poetry collections, eight novels, and a book of novellas. He has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, among other honors. He lives in New York City.
