Poetry. Grenier has consistently shown himself to be one of the great innovators of both poetry and language. PHANTOM ANTHEMS, published in 1986, is no exception. A disjointed interconnectedness of linguistics, emotions, the environment, politics, song, sound, and structure, this text--as with all of his texts--holds together with tension and relief, with the constant movement of energy, waves, the sea, the songs that soundtrack a history and future of poetry. Poetry that speaks to poetry. Anthems of language and imagery, classic Grenier / forever relevant.

Author City: BOLINAS, CA USA

Robert Grenier is a 63-year-old, wiry/paunchy, white-haired, disaffected, formerly influential, prototypical/clean-shaven/Harvard-educated "Language Writer" (from Minnesota) become wildly innovative, "neo-Romantic"/"old-fashioned," hand-craft-writing/image-making, scruffy, corn, beans and squash-growing/blackberry-apple jam-making/set-in-his-ways type of opinionated, "archaic"-nuthead/vociferously "correct," "liberal"/verbal/"extemporaneous" person living in Bolinas, California.