The Pitch
Autor Tom Thompsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2006
The Pitch revels in the city's contradictions : interiors and exteriors, beauty and fear, the Buy and the Sell. With keen attention to sound and iridescent, ephemeral imagery touched with whimsy, these spirited poems convey a sense of urgency and warmth—together celebrating the city’s hustle and hucksters, citizens and suspects.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781882295562
ISBN-10: 1882295560
Pagini: 65
Dimensiuni: 137 x 197 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: ALICE JAMES BOOKS
Colecția Alice James Books
ISBN-10: 1882295560
Pagini: 65
Dimensiuni: 137 x 197 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: ALICE JAMES BOOKS
Colecția Alice James Books
Recenzii
“Tom Thompson’s poems are galvanized by the surge of electrical language.... their popping and buzzing makes the hair stand at the back of your neck.”—Slope
"[Thompson’s] poems are not bound by the constraints of realism or logic but live in that zone above the trampoline's bounce, a place seemingly-but illusorily-gravity-free...wordplay and punning pour expertly from his poet's cup." —Library Journal "The Pitch is finally an ebullient celebration, itself a place where the "looted images" of Thompson's city and life can rise to amaze us regardless of their original homes."—Colorado Review
"Before the sum of the parts of the city can equal the limits of location (here defined by concrete, water towers and rooftops), Tom Thompson's poems pull the speaker back out of the crowd. The Pitch is located in the moments where atmosphere ends and subjectivity begins. Here the 'not quite' occupies space and all notions of urban are disallowed from overtaking the landscape. This collection is an astonishing experience that turns a room into an everywhere. The book is exquisite and luxurious and mysterious."—Claudia Rankine
"[Thompson’s] poems are not bound by the constraints of realism or logic but live in that zone above the trampoline's bounce, a place seemingly-but illusorily-gravity-free...wordplay and punning pour expertly from his poet's cup." —Library Journal "The Pitch is finally an ebullient celebration, itself a place where the "looted images" of Thompson's city and life can rise to amaze us regardless of their original homes."—Colorado Review
"Before the sum of the parts of the city can equal the limits of location (here defined by concrete, water towers and rooftops), Tom Thompson's poems pull the speaker back out of the crowd. The Pitch is located in the moments where atmosphere ends and subjectivity begins. Here the 'not quite' occupies space and all notions of urban are disallowed from overtaking the landscape. This collection is an astonishing experience that turns a room into an everywhere. The book is exquisite and luxurious and mysterious."—Claudia Rankine
Notă biografică
Tom Thompson holds degrees from Dartmouth College, the University of Sussex (UK), and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is currently vice president of a book advertising agency in New York. His first book, Live Feed, received a Greenwall Grant from the Academy of American Poets.
Extras
“Rough sketch for a shinier forest”
Our plans, OK,
drawn on the very best material.
If it’s not titanium, I’m not interested. Piston
the leaves up higher. Fashion new buildings
from smoke. Brushed, right? That’s what we make of it.
Our needs are plenipotentiary
and forever in debt to the depletor.
A him? Ahem. Wispy god, indelicate
haze we only need some of in this mirrory city.
Our plans, OK,
drawn on the very best material.
If it’s not titanium, I’m not interested. Piston
the leaves up higher. Fashion new buildings
from smoke. Brushed, right? That’s what we make of it.
Our needs are plenipotentiary
and forever in debt to the depletor.
A him? Ahem. Wispy god, indelicate
haze we only need some of in this mirrory city.
Descriere
Urban experience drives the savvy, energetic lyrics of Tom Thompson's impressive second collection.