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What Passes Here for Mountains

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What Passes Here for Mountains by Matt Morton explores the everyday confusions of life through a series of poems that depict a mind in spiritual crisis. The collection journeys through diverse settings—from the West Texas desert to Rome's busy streets—blending experiences of festivity, ritual, and imaginative solitude. Morton's poems weave surrealist elements with cultural references, touching on themes of memory, grief, and the self's place in the cosmos.
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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.

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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

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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