Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire

In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be marginalized or categorized by genre, Maso is an incisive, compassionate writer who deems herself daughter of William Carlos Williams, a pioneer in combining poetry and fiction with criticism, journalism, and the visual arts. She is daughter, too, of Allen Ginsberg, who also came from Paterson, New Jersey. Known for her audacity, whether exploring language and memory or the development of the artistic soul, Maso here gives us a form-challenging collection, intelligent, and persuasive.

Author: Carole Maso
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 04/14/2000
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.74w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9781582430638
ISBN10: 1582430632
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays

About the Author
Carole Maso is the author of ten books: Ghost Dance, The Art Lover, AVA, The American Woman in the Chinese Hat, Defiance, Aureole, Break Every Rule, The Room Lit by Roses, Beauty Is Convulsive, and Mother & Child. She has received numerous awards, including the Berlin Prize and the Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction. Maso is currently a professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.

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