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false <![CDATA[Poker]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173412980m/285451.jpg 285451 3 Poker is Tomaz Salamun's first book of poetry, originally published in 1966 in Slovenia. This edition, vibrantly translated by award-winning poet Joshua Beckman in collaboration with the author, makes Poker available in its entirety in English. As a young poet Salamun edited Perspektive, a progressive cultural and political journal. Communist authorities eventually banned the journal's publication and arrested Salamun. His first two books, Poker (1966) and The Purpose of the Cloak (1968), were released in samizdat. Salamun went on to become one of the most widely respected of European poets and achieved international acclaim, later even serving as the Slovenian cultural attach in New York City. Salamun has had several collections published in English translation, including The Shepherd, the Hunter (Pedernal, 1992), The Four Questions of Melancholy (White Pine Press, 1997), The Selected Poems of Tomaz Salamun (Ecco Press, 1988), Feast (Harcourt Brace, 2000), A Ballad for Metka Krasovec (Twisted Spoon Press, 2001), and The Book For My Brother (Harvest Books, 2006). Salamun has won the praise of many poets, including James Tate, Robert Creeley, Robert Hass, who celebrates his "love of the poetics of rebellion," and Jorie Graham, who calls his work "one of Europe's great philosophical wonders." Joshua Beckman is the author of three books of poetry: Shake, Your Time Has Come, and Something I Expected To Be Different. He has also authored two books in collaboration with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. Beckman is an editor at Wave Books. 276948 1989 Poker total:49|5:25|4:15|3:7|2:2|1:0| 49 210 68 5 4 2 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:34:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:42:50 -0800 2009 Poker appealed to me because it's a pretty boo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 17 14:37:42 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 14:41:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 26 18:06:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:08:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 13 16:06:13 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 16:06:13 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:20:08 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:20:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 08:54:36 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:54:36 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 09:04:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:04:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 11:26:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:26:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 08:54:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:54:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 19:30:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 19:30:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 12:45:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 12:45:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 08:14:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:14:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 27 16:16:58 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 16:16:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 08:50:10 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:04:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:50:10 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Apr 12 09:24:30 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 09:24:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 23 13:24:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:14:46 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:24:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:04:32 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:04:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 13:07:14 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 13:07:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 04:40:27 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 04:40:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 12:18:18 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 12:18:18 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=285451