And, for Example

by Ann Lauterbach

'Ann Lauterbach elevates the absence of presumption to a state of ecstasy. She protracts Rilkean moments of pure gaze to a point of nearly unbearable but vocal sympathy.'Donald Revell, Ohio Review

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Born and raised in New York City, Ann Lauterbach studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Columbia University. Before completing her M.A. in English. she moved to London to work in publishing and art galleries. Upon her return to New York, she continued working in art galleries for a number of years. Lauterbach then began teaching writing and literature.

She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Foundation for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and in 1995, she was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. Lauterbach has taught at Brooklyn College, Columbia, Iowa, Princeton, and at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is currently Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College, where she has also been, since 1991, co-chair of writing in the Milton Avery School of the Arts. She is also a visiting core critic at the Yale Graduate School of the Arts.

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

As language poets go, Ann Lauterbach is one of the better ones, but language poetry is not really my jam. I did like the occasional line or passage, though, so I'm gonna keep the book. Maybe if I read it again in a few years I'll like it better.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

as a language poet, ann lauterbach (and particularly this work) both informed and served as a precedent for my own poetic voice (in my senior thesis).

[Camille Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ann Lauterbach’s Pilgrim of Desire

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ish