The Front
Just out from Roof Books:
K. Silem Mohammad
The Front
Order through SPD.
The critics rave:
"...scraping the bottom of the ... barrel ... write it off as a big joke ... we are ... repulsed ...." --Kenneth Goldsmith
"...typical boring stuff ... can't appreciate The Front ... equate ... with rape...." --Katie Degentesh
"...monkeys chained to ... typewriters ... what it feels like to lose...." --Bob Perelman
Also new from Roof: Cathy Eisenhower, would with and (already discussed at Anne Boyer's new review blog Books of Poetry).
14 comments:
Congrats, Kasey. I want to read this one for sure.
YEAH!!!
can't wait to see THE BACK
Mountains!
must order ksm book right away..
wv: holoid
omg that cover is so amazing.
cool! i wonder who did the cover.
Who *did* the cover, Kasey? Did you? It's so great...
"... al-ways look on the bright si-de of life... "
those blurbs are really funny, really excellent. and the way
the cruciform Austrian Chanteuse displacement subtly echoes the Letter F AND the Letter R, The Letter F itself giving it that said letter F'ness, and the skirt 'enwhirl' giving it the kickleg
of the R, and itsn't that a field of Edelweiss? I learned Edelweiss, and Silent Night in German when I was kid to sing to my German Grandma, and I know she hated that time of the year when the woman has to crawl back up on the cross during the harvesting the yams.
wv: synagge
I am telling you, the gods
live in the WV module. that thing
is spooky.
Sign Nag?
Snag?
Syne Naga?
whoa...
cool.
Compelling reviews :)
Wonderful news! Katie's blurb is sublime!
i like your green pussy
i got this book for my independent study of contemporary avant-garde poetry this spring. i was skimming through it and it's probably the book i am most excited about in the course. the 'myspace is creepy' poem seemd very good, haha; also the artist's statement.. i will probably write a review praising the book when i read the rest of it sometime in march or april, i forget when. good job
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