Poetry. "It's heartening--a complete relief, in fact--to finally have a lengthy tome from Douglas Rothschild, a poet whose independence and observa...
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Nov 05, 2011
T.
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Favorite poems: "Further Along," "Beyond the Rector Gate," "Night Train," "The River Itself," "#923 And Now," "Do Not Open," "Fassbinder not Herzog," "Boy on Fence," "Girl in the the Dunes" (and these last two as a pair).
I did not care for The Minor Arcana section, which I found too didactic and less impressive in terms of craft. The line breaks in the first half of the book are great. These ar More...
I did not care for The Minor Arcana section, which I found too didactic and less impressive in terms of craft. The line breaks in the first half of the book are great. These ar More...
Jan 03, 2010
Magdalena
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This made me wish that Douglas was better at keeping all his poems typed and in one place so that he would have many many books.
Jun 25, 2009
Paul
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This book is relatable for its WTF stance toward New York's embodiment of paranoid late capitalism. It is interesting that much of it was composed before 9/11, reminding us that changes to the city are not as abrupt and arbitrary as a single event, but part of a historical process. A great example of how to channel political convictions into amazing poetry.
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