Poetry. By turns surreal, absurd, allegorical, and meta-fictional, this genre-defying cult classic of 33 linked sketches shows us a voice searching for meaning in the landscapes of intellect and ardor. This is a book of exquisite structures, of encounters with the tricksters of self, and it ultimately reveals a portrait of an artist willing to confront the mysteries and outermost limits of his own obsessions. Out of print for nearly 30 years, this new edition offers Wevill fans and new readers alike an essential work of contemporary experimental literature.

Author City: AUSTIN, TX USA

David Wevill is a poet, translator, and editor whose work has been awarded with an Arts Council Book Prize, the Richard Hillary Prize, two Arts Council Poetry Bursaries, an E.C. Gregory Trust Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His Poetry has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Poetry, Harper's, The Listener, The Observer, The Spectator, and on the BBC. His recent books include DEPARTURES: SELECTED POEMS (2003), Asterisks (2007), The Boy Changed into a Stag Clamors at the Gate of Secrets (2010), To Build My Shadow a Fire: The Poetry and Translations of David Wevill (2010), and CASUAL TIES (2010). He currently lives in Austin, Texas.