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Citizen

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Citizen by Aaron Shurin is a celebrated collection that redefines the prose poem with lyrical finesse and innovative form. Shurin delves into the intricacies of civic and domestic life, weaving sensuous imagery and fluid, shape-shifting sentences. Through his kaleidoscopic visions, the work explores urban landscapes, intimate desires, and the subtle brilliance of everyday objects, inviting readers into a vibrant imaginative world between the present and the future.
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This work will appeal to readers who appreciate experimental poetry and prose poems with rich imagery and emotional depth. Fans of contemporary lyricism and explorations of urban and intimate life will find Citizen captivating.

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In Citizen Aaron Shurin has collected sixty-eight vibrant new poems that are by turns romantic, visceral, edgy, and unabashedly beautiful.

Print: Pitch a combination of reviews/interviews/excerpts: SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, Bookforum, New York Review of Books, Boston Review, Rain Taxi, Poetry Magazine, American Poet, Bloomsbury Review, Brooklyn Rail, Chicago Review, Denver Quarterly, Hudson Review, Kenyon Review, LA Times, NY Times, The Nation, New Yorker, Poetry Flash, Poets and Writers Magazine, St Marks Poetry Project Newsletter. We'll send to top poetry reviewers who freelance for the major publications that review poetry (New Yorker, NY Times, etc.): Adam Kirsch, Stephen Burt, David Orr, William Logan, Dan Chiasson, etc. We'll also send to gay interest publications. And to his alumni mag at UC Berkeley. We will contact the communications dept. at USF (where he teaches). They should help spread the word among staff, students, and alumni. We'll send to the trades: PW, Booklist, and Library Journal.

Web: Rumpus (reviewed his previous book), Poetry Daily, BOMB, Silliman's blog, Complete Review, Constant Critic, Conversational Reading, Electric Review, Elegant Variation, Identity Theory, NYer's Book Bench, Bookslut, and Shelf Awareness.

Radio: KPFA Cover to Cover, Writer's Almanac.

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Widely acclaimed for his lyrical language and innovative verse, Aaron Shurin brings the prose poem into new richness and complexity in Citizen. Through shape-shifting sentences and sensuous imagery, he explores the nuances of civic and domestic life, the twists and turns of desire, and the mysterious shimmer of objects.

Traveling across the borders of cities and the boundaries of form, he crafts a dazzling vision of daily life as a citizen of the imagination.

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Critics praise Citizen for its subtlety and lyrical intensity. Rob McClennan notes the understated cadence with "invisible turns" that reward close reading. Melissa Hohl highlights Shurin's ability to transport readers to dynamic urban and domestic realms, blending beauty and complexity. Richard Labonte lauds the bursts of sensual, controlled excess and emotional nuance, calling it vivid, vital, and inviting.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872865204

Publisher: City Lights Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 February 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: City Lights Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 184.0mm

Weight: 99g

Pages: 88

About the Author

Aaron Shurin is the author of ten books of poetry and prose, most recently King of Shadows, a collection of personal essays (City Lights, 2008). His work has appeared in over thirty national and international anthologies, and has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, and Greek. His honors include literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Gerbode Foundation. A longtime educator, Shurin is a Professor in the MFA Writing Program at the University of San Francisco.

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