Winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
The exploits you find in my comics
are no more probable
than snow in Sunnyv... read full description
The exploits you find in my comics
are no more probable
than snow in Sunnyv... read full description
reviews
Dec 08, 2011
Michelle
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This book makes for great discussion whether one likes it (as in has an affinity for comic books, etc) or does not. It's an interesting concept and I'm glad to see Jackson's effort realized in a complete book.
It is not necessarily the language and the weaving of comic book characters that prompted me to give Missing You, Metropolis 4 stars; it's the lines that stick with me the day after I'd read them. I'm left thinking about the nature of the lines whether my reaction is negative, p More...
It is not necessarily the language and the weaving of comic book characters that prompted me to give Missing You, Metropolis 4 stars; it's the lines that stick with me the day after I'd read them. I'm left thinking about the nature of the lines whether my reaction is negative, p More...
Aug 13, 2010
Ryan
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As a rule based on experience, I tend to be skeptical and cautious toward any book that has won an award or come out of a press that sees itself as some kind of virtuous enclave; whether this is based upon race, gender, aesthetic or whatever else, more often than not I encounter such books and feel disappointed. Disappointed because as an admitted cynic, it can be very difficult to sort out of the question of how much the editor(s) found the book of genuinely powerful artistic merit and how much
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Mar 18, 2011
Robert
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I picked up this book expecting something cheesy and juvenile, though probably funny whether intentional or not, being that so much of it was based around comics with which I was familiar, but I was pleasantly surprised at the depth and emotion Jackson reached with works both inspired by comics and not. He transitions well between tales of race relations, old age, and romance, and while I'm not usually sold on poetic styles similar to what Jackson consistently uses here, he often builds a defin
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Nov 08, 2011
Jessie
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I had a hard time deciding if I was going to review this book because I love the concept, but I came away unsure about how I felt about the book as a whole.
The collection opens strong with a poem about comics, including a shout out to Auden. I also loved the voice in the poem "Stuart" but as women started to appear in the book things became a bit uncomfortable for me.
The women, even the super hero ones, come across merely as sex objects or at least that is how More...
The collection opens strong with a poem about comics, including a shout out to Auden. I also loved the voice in the poem "Stuart" but as women started to appear in the book things became a bit uncomfortable for me.
The women, even the super hero ones, come across merely as sex objects or at least that is how More...
Mar 01, 2011
emily
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my dear friend mr. gary mf-ing jackson wrote this book. everyone should read it, ever. even if you don't like poems, you know you like super heroes. come on, you do.
Nov 10, 2010
Rainey
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The best collection of new poetry I've read in quite some time. I could not help from writing comments throughout my advanced copy--
"pop culture without pretension; beautiful and tragic, an elegant yet relate-able account of life's happenings; brash but comical; excellent, the notion of art as a series of lies; startling evidence of persistent humanity."
"pop culture without pretension; beautiful and tragic, an elegant yet relate-able account of life's happenings; brash but comical; excellent, the notion of art as a series of lies; startling evidence of persistent humanity."
Dec 03, 2010
Sara
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Fantastic poems! Met the author in a Genres class and he is just a great person in general.
Mar 01, 2011
Michael
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A splendid debut. Jackson offers a deft mix of the personal and the broad, in a thematically tight collection about grieving, loneliness, and--well--comic books.
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