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This collection will appeal to readers who appreciate finely crafted poetry that combines wit with thoughtful observation of human nature.
"James Richardson's poems concern humor, paradox, and a nuanced perception of human interaction. Amy Clampitt-who selected As If for inclusion in the 1991 National Poetry Series-said of the collection: "To discover a vocabulary and a syntax equal in precision to the micron and the nanosecond: such is the enterprise James Richardson calls on his readers to join . . .""--
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A reissue of a celebrated collection of poems from James Richardson.
James Richardson’s poems concern humour, paradox, and nuanced perception of human interaction. As If was originally selected by Amy Clampitt and published as part of the National Poetry Series. In Clampitt’s words: “To discover a vocabulary and a syntax equal in precision to the micron and the nanosecond: such is the enterprise James Richardson calls on his readers to join . . .”
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ISBN: 9780887486975
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 October 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Edition: New edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 80
About the Author
James Richardson’s collections of poems and aphorisms include For Now; During, which received the Castagnola Prize from the Poetry Society of America; National Book Award finalist By the Numbers; National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Interglacial; Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays; and How Things Are, which was also published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. He is professor emeritus of creative writing at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.
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