Poetry. Of Beckman's second collection, Tomaž Šalamun writes: "This book seduced me on the spot. I instantly started longing to become friends with the world in it. It's fresh, it's new, its fairness makes me grateful for reading it. There are no similarities with Apollinaire or Ginsberg, except with what they were doing to Time while they were young."

Author City: SEATTLE, WA USA

Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of seven books, including TAKE IT (Wave Books, 2009), SHAKE and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: NICE HAT. THANKS. and ADVENTURES WHILE PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY. He is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including MICROGRAMS (translated with Alejandro de Acosta) by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 METERS OF POEMS by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and POKER by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.