Poetry. A collection by one of poetry's genuinely necessary voices, TAKE IT is a gift of expansive and expressive generosity. The poems in TAKE IT masterfully combine traditional and contemporary concerns and speech in attending to a degraded, yet wondrous world.

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.

Reviews and Other Links
Publishers Weekly starred review
Daniel Handler @ The Believer
interview by Susie DeFord @ BOMBLOG
Crag Hill @ Galatea Resurrects
Tim Lockridge @ Corduroy Books
Dan Piepenbring @ The Best Words in Their Best Order
Colin Huerter @ MAKE