Description
Poetry. "These poems are like the New York poet who wrote them: accomplished, metropolitan, eclectic, and street-smart. David Katz is the wizard who waves to us from a carousel of forms that he has mastered, and we go with him, taken by the craft and persuasion of his art. He's at home in the halls of finance and old bookstores, at ease with both Steve Jobs and Rimbaud. His poems know how to laugh, but they are informed by the bitter wisdom of maturity. He depicts poor, struggling souls caught up in the 'creative destruction' of the marketplace, where profit uncouples from trust and 'Nothing's out of nothing made, / And no one's bills are promptly paid.' In the crush of startups and carve-ups, people get cast aside, like the employee of 20 years who gets shown the door in 'At the Chophouse,' a heartbreaking tour de force. But the redemption is in the poetry, and Katz pays homage to the guild: Auden, Hardy, Pound, Breton, Ginsberg, and Frank O'Hara."—John Foy
Author Bio
An award-winning financial journalist as well as a poet, David M. Katz was born on New York's Lower East Side and has lived most of his life in Manhattan. IN PRAISE OF MANHATTAN (Dos Madres Press, 2020) is his fourth book of poetry. His previous books are STANZAS ON OZ (Dos Madres Press, 2015) and CLAIMS OF HOME (Dos Madres Press, 2011), and The Warrior in the Forest, published by House of Keys Press. Poems of his have appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, The Hudson Review, The New Criterion, PN Review, The New Republic, The Hopkins Review, Shenandoah, Alabama Literary Review, The Cortland Review, New Verse News, and The Ekphrastic Review. His criticism has appeared in The Hopkins Review, Contemporary Poetry Review, Raintown Review, Jewish Quarterly (UK), and Congress Monthly. A co-host of the Red Harlem Readers series of poetry readings, he is married to the poet Linda Stern.
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA