Poems 1923-1941

by Carl Rakosi

This new volume brings together, for the first time, all the poems Carl Rakosi wrote as an "Objectivist," together with his other poems of the 1920s and 1930s, printed in their original versions.
The purpose of this current volume is to provide, as far as possible, a reliable account of what Rakosi wrote in the 1920s and 1930s. Working with Rakosi, Andrew Crozier has produced a carefully edited volume that will point up the innovativeness and talent of Rakosi's early writing.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

Reviews

[Rodney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd buy a Sun & Moon if they were reprinting Soviet phone directories, but in this case the contents surpass the package. The poems Rakosi wrote between ages 20 & 38 carry him from the formal correctness of "Jacob's Gold" to the taut passion of "The Classes," with a rocky assimilationist drama wedged in-between. Rakosi himself in the Intro writes much of it off as "literary posturing," but it's really so much more: a glimpse into how hard-won perception and formal bite can be. "The milk is marketed./Attend our table."

[PEN Center USA · Rating 5 out of 5]

1996 PEN Center USA Award Winner for Poetry