Description
Poetry. Radically comic, formally inventive, and ridiculously smart, every eight to ten years Kevin Davies releases a new book reminding us just how unexpected poetry can be. THE GOLDEN AGE OF PARAPHERNALIA will without doubt garner the applause his previous book COMP. (Edge Books, 2000) received. That garnering included The San Francisco Book Award in 2000 selected by Kevin Killian, write-ups in the New York Times, Village Voice, and Boston Review, translation into French by Xandaire Selene, and extended critical articles in American Literature, Jacket, and The Poker—i.e., Davies's work has met with more than a little enthusiasm. One example: Joshua Clover in the Village Voice: "Davies often writes long, tumbling sequences that gather force like a dream landslide, with each part standing out as an idiosyncratic scene charged by an alluring voice, or stance, not quite like anything else in contemporary poetry."
Cover photograph by Benjamin Friedlander.
Author Bio
Kevin Davies' books are FPO (2020), THE GOLDEN AGE OF PARAPHERNALIA (2008), and COMP (2000, recipient of the Poetry Center Book Award) from Edge Books, and Pause Button from Tsunami Editions. Originally from British Columbia, he was affiliated with Vancouver's Kootenay School of Writing in the 1980s. His books have been reviewed in The Nation, The Boston Review, Jacket, and other publications. He lives in New York City.
Author City: USA