Like cities, like storms

by August Kleinzahler

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

August Kleinzahler was born in Jersey City in 1949. He is the author of eleven books of poems and a memoir, "Cutty, One Rock." His collection "The Strange Hours Travelers Keep" was awarded the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize, and "Sleeping It Off in Rapid City" won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. That same year he received a Lannan Literary Award. His new collection, "The Hotel Oneira," will be published by FSG October 1st, 2013. He lives in San Francisco.

Reviews

[Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first Kleinzahler I've read, and my impression is it's not the best representation of his overall work. It pricks my curiosity about a book like Red Sauce, Whiskey, and Snow. I like these poems for their incidental lyric quality, which made me think a lot of Armantrout. But then they always seem to be about regular people. Rae Armantrout mixed with Phil Levine, say.