"I can think of almost no other young poet who can claim Stephen Cramer's lyric authority and self-possession. His odes and elegies caputure the grit and delights of New York City in a manner that managaes to capture something of Crane's sense of the marvelous with Oppen's descriptive acuity. This is to say he follows in the footsteps of the giants -- and he shows himself abundantly capable of filling their shoes. Tongue & Groove is a ravishing book."
Perhaps no other poet I've encountered writes quite so well, that is, with as much lyric panache, about musicians (especially street performers) and the music they make (blues, soul, jazz), than Stephen Cramer.
Though only thing that holds this collection slightly back for me is the sense that, in certian poems,
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57836034
The Missing (Hardcover)
byTim Gautreaux bookshelves: fiction,
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The World in Place of Itself (Paperback)
byBill Rasmovicz bookshelves: currently-reading,
poetry
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