Description
The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, "one of the finest of our new poets" (Gerald Stern)
I close my eyes and try to remember
when I was unopposed, when I started to die,
buoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.
--from "Before"
Jason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only "with hope, stupid hope." Stupid Hope is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell.
Author: Jason Shinder
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 08/04/2009
Pages: 73
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.10w x 0.26d
ISBN13: 9781555975333
ISBN10: 155597533X
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Jason Shinder (1955-2008) was the author of two previous poetry collections and the editor of The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later. He directed the YMCA National Writer's Voice and taught at the Writing Seminars at Bennington College.