false 622259 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 622259 2 608628 2004 Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained total:47|5:16|4:20|3:9|2:2|1:0| 47 191 70 11 96286 3.92 237 41 4806817 159728 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 1 false Mon Aug 20 08:29:38 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 08:42:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65634421 1464920 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Fri Jul 31 05:19:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 05:30:30 -0700 2009 Much of the book concerns the author and his brother. At times both aren't too likeable and the author does crucify 1980's? NZ and it's people a bit too much in one section o...more...]]> 45462859 1868606 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:52:56 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:05:54 -0800 2009 interview with August Kleinzahler:

He Sees Things in Waves: 10 Questions for poet August Kleinzahler
by Ange Mlinko

(This interview originally appeared in the first annual STOP SMILING 20 Interviews Issue)

August Kleinzahler has worked as t...more...]]> 71253784 242699 844386 0374133778 9780374133771 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178841237m/844386.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/844386.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 3.75 12 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.
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These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Mon Nov 09 22:27:24 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 13:31:58 -0800 2009
I loved these stories. August Klieinzahler is a master observer. Stories range from an essay on Eros, recollection...more...]]> 47956407 102941 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:01:20 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:03:02 -0800 2009 40254216 48206 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 15:27:47 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 18:21:37 -0800 2008
Slightly More Detailed Review
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These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.
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These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 10:23:39 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 10:26:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 25153516 45360 844386 0374133778 9780374133771 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178841237m/844386.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/844386.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 3.75 12 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.
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These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Sat Mar 08 14:16:53 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 20 17:39:35 -0700 2008 79769983 2860235 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 10:34:35 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:34:49 -0800 2009 79345111 1235793 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Sun Nov 29 18:00:34 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 18:00:34 -0800 2009 76241285 2345603 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Fri Oct 30 14:49:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:49:08 -0700 2009 69926050 2699546 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Thu Sep 03 09:19:03 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:19:03 -0700 2009 69260267 2385858 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 4 0 false Mon Sep 07 18:34:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 15:51:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:34:20 -0700 2009 61291554 1614212 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 16:43:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 09:51:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:43:00 -0700 2009 60832710 598519 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Tue Jun 23 14:52:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 14:52:17 -0700 2009 60676739 1883572 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Mon Jun 22 14:02:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:02:58 -0700 2009 59819177 447895 622259 0374530181 9780374530181 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407276m/622259.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622259.Cutty_One_Rock_Low_Characters_and_Strange_Places_Gently_Explained 4.17 35 Cutty, One Rock takes the reader on a wild journey by airplane, bus, ferry, and foot from childhood to early manhood in the company of a New Jersey family in equal measures cultivated and deranged. We witness scenes of passionate, even violent intensity that give rise to meditations on eros and literature, the solitariness of travel, and the poetics of place.

These individual pieces, most of which first appeared in The London Review of Books and won an international cult following, are by turns "poignant, surreal, down home and lyrical, a mixture of qualities that inheres in his language with uncommon delicacy and effect" (Leonard Michaels). Together they make up an intellectual and emotional autobiography on the run. The book's final section, about Kleinzahler's adored, doomed older brother, is unforgettable, and since its appearance last year in the LRB, has already entered the literature as one of the most moving contemporary memoirs.</DIV>]]> 0 0 false Mon Jun 15 18:50:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:50:43 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=622259