Description
Concrete and permutational poems celebrating a serene atrophy of language, from the author of My Vibe
In his latest collection, Goodbye Letter, New York-based poet Jeremy Sigler (born 1968) deconstructs his very will to write, as he articulates, verbally and graphically, the implied obsolescence of language itself. The book feels less like a proper literary work (a book of poetry) and more like a manual for poetic survival. One poem reads like some sort of linguistic code that manages to murmur "it is what it is"; another is more classically "concrete," reflecting on typewriter and pattern poems of past centuries; and another consists of a complete signature of unmarked blank pages (they await being torn out and curled up into a loose tube) as was the 19th-century prototype for the stethoscope, but used this time to listen in on the poet's "speaking" heart. Sigler's newest collection may be seen as a field guide to a poet's last gasp.
Author: Jeremy Sigler
Publisher: Hunters Point Press
Published: 09/29/2020
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.30w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780578576916
ISBN10: 0578576910
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General