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All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems
A NEW RETROSPECTIVE OF ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST INNOVATIVE POETS
All the Whiskey in Heaven brings together Charles Bernstein’s best work from the past thirty years, an astonishing assortment of different types of poems. Yet despite the distinctive differences from poem to poem, Bernstein’s characteristic explorations of how language both limits and liberates thought are prese...more
All the Whiskey in Heaven brings together Charles Bernstein’s best work from the past thirty years, an astonishing assortment of different types of poems. Yet despite the distinctive differences from poem to poem, Bernstein’s characteristic explorations of how language both limits and liberates thought are prese...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
March 2nd 2010
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(first published March 2010)
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Last spring Charles put himself on record
that he didn't like crafts. We soon
came to understand his feelings
when we worked with him. Charlie
is not strong in manual dexterity. (This
may be part of a mixed dominance
situation Mrs. B. and I discussed in
relation to tying shoes.) Fortunately,
what he lacks in developed skills
he makes up for in
patience, determination, and
knowledge of what he wants as
results.
that he didn't like crafts. We soon
came to understand his feelings
when we worked with him. Charlie
is not strong in manual dexterity. (This
may be part of a mixed dominance
situation Mrs. B. and I discussed in
relation to tying shoes.) Fortunately,
what he lacks in developed skills
he makes up for in
patience, determination, and
knowledge of what he wants as
results.
I don't know enough about poetry to describe everything Bernstein is doing here, but I feel like he has a perfect grasp of acoustic space, of rhythm, of phonetic logic that is hard to describe and akin to that of a rap producer or a folk singer songwriter. When I read Bernstein's poetry, I feel like I am falling into his sound-state, surrounded on all sides by the acoustics he is creating. That he manages to be funny, wry, clever and create these cogent essayistic arguments about aesthetics and...more
A wide variety of poems, in many different forms. The poems were a little too modern or my taste, but they are definitely worth looking at.
interesting in the way that most poetry aspires to be
Thanks Brian, now I know your work much better as well.
811.608 B5313a 2010
Here's a link to my review at New Pages:
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Charles Bernstein is an American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein holds the Donald T. Regan Chair in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets). In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2005, Bernstein was awarded the Dean's Award...more
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