| Free Cell Contributor(s): Berrigan, Anselm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872865029 ISBN-13: 9780872865020 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 Annotation: The second volume of our City Lights Spotlight Poetry series, "Free Cell" is the latest book of poems from New Yorkbased poet Anselm Berrigan, one of the most influential American poets under the age of forty. In a departure from his previous work, "Free Cell" consists of two experimental suites, "Have a Good One" and "To Hell with Sleep," connected by a central poem. The former director of St. Mark's Poetry Project, Anselm Berrigan is the son of poets Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley. He is the poetry editor of "The Brooklyn Rail" and the co-editor of "The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2009023360 |
| Series: City Lights Spotlight |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 6.8" (0.30 lbs) 100 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second installment of the City Lights Spotlight poetry series, Free Cell is the latest collection from Anselm Berrigan, one of the most significant American poets under 40. Consisting of two experimental suites--Have a Good One and To Hell with Sleep--connected by the central poem Let Us Sample Protection Together, Free Cell is Berrigan's most ambitious work to date, a spiritual autobiography wrapped in an exploration of form. His work combines the freneticism of his New York environment with oblique humor, political angst, and a reflective, lyrical interrogation of his own subjectivity: For my part it's / been an honor / to be at someone's / service, though doing / so has diminished / my expiration date / and my astral self- / projection has already / fled in bitter tears / having used up even addiction. |