Jubilant Thicket: New and Selected Poems

Jubilant Thicket: New and Selected Poems

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Jonathan Williams founded The Jargon Society—a publisher dedicated to poetry, experimental fiction, photography and visionary folk art—and has championed the underdog, maverick and outsider in the arts for 50 years. He has also published over 100 of his own books, pamphlets and broadsides of poetry, essays and photography.

Jubilant Thicket collects the best of his poetry an...more
Paperback, 360 pages
Published November 1st 2004 by Copper Canyon Press
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Brian Hart
While the extensive references and non-English quotations leave me a bit lost at times, there's something about Williams' work that rewards those who persever. Elegant and word-drunk, sophisticated and just plain nasty. A good introduction. I read it once, then picked it up and read it again, as I'm sure I will again.
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March 8, 1929 - March 16, 2008

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Writer, photographer, and publisher. Founded the Jargon Society Press.
More about Jonathan Chamberlain Williams...
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