Solarium (Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941411177 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Daivalocity said Remarkable poems. Beautiful poems--contemplative, lyrical, intellectually stimulating, playful, surprising. And very musical. I read the book through and then went back to some of the poems and read them out loud. I haven't done that in a long time. Great use of repetition. Lovely cover. Just a remarkable book.
You looked at you in the water. The blizzard is cold.And the boy in the blizzard is blue. Jordan Zandi grew up in the rural Midwest, and in 2011 graduated with an MFA in poetry from Boston University, where he was the recipient of a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship to Bolivia. "Solarium is a completely original gem of a book."—Henri Cole, from the forewordBowl of the lake. Bowl of the sky.Bowl of the lake with the sky in it. His poetry has appeared in the New Republic and Little Star.
Poetry is like solitaire: we go to it to pass the time. His balletic inner life belies the gravity at its core."The New Yorker"Zandi’s debut collection radiates a fragile warmth in what proves to be an aching and uncommonly ingenious exploration of youth and memory."Publishers Weekly. "A first book made eventful by the weirdness and clarity of Zandi’s mind. Zandi reminds us that passing the time is a very serious activity