What Passes Here for Mountains
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What Passes Here for Mountains
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Poems on the everyday confusions of life.
Matt Morton’s What Passes Here for Mountains presents a mind caught in the grips of spiritual crisis. These poems take the reader on a journey across locales ranging from the West Texas desert to the bustling streets of Rome, from the social realm of festivity and ritual to the privacy of the imagination.
Along the way, the search for meaning and stability within a world in constant flux is enlivened by a surrealist vitality. Cézanne and Shakespeare’s Caliban commingle with indie rock musicians and Humpty Dumpty. A mystical encounter with an Edward Hopper painting meets the mundanity of waking again to one’s morning routine. Poems of wry self-deprecation are juxtaposed with quiet meditations on memory, grief, and the relationship between the self and the cosmos.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780887486777
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 February 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 3.0mm
Width: 118.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 36g
Pages: 32
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About the Author
Matt Morton teaches literature and creative writing at the University of North Texas. He is the author of ImprovisationWithout Accompaniment.
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