| Something in the Air Contributor(s): Clark, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848611080 ISBN-13: 9781848611085 Publisher: Shearsman Books OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.38 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poetry. The American poet/critic Bill Knott, speaking of Tom Clark's new work, has pointed to the flow, the melodic momentum, the words in their intricate meaning(s), it's all done with such subtle touches, the poet] in perfect control of his technique. Clark writes of how the film over words/Loses its toxic power in certain lights... This new clearer, more candid illumination--from which the skin of empire drifts off/Like a poison that's evaporated--he would discover in the imagination of a pure poetic state of dream, reverie and play, emerging palpably out of the slipstream blankness of the empty canvas/page and out of the things of an immediate human and natural world. A poet of original vision and gentle, careful word-shaping, Clark allows his images to merge and converge toward a resolution in which flow is not arrested but pauses to take thought; the images take over the controls and do the talking, almost as if they had a mind of their own. What a relief when that happens, the poet confesses; he just follows along and tries to stay out of the way of whatever it is they seem to want to be saying. And when the elements of image and sound and sense do then mysteriously come together in the moment, as Clark here proposes, A point is fixed... |
Contributor Bio(s): Clark, Tom: - Tom Clark (born 1941) is an American poet, editor and biographer. Clark was born on the Near West Side of Chicago and married Angelica Heinegg, at St. Mark's Church, New York City, on March 22, 1968. Currently (as of 2009) residing in California, Tom Clark's recent books of poetry include Threnody (effing press, 2006), LIGHT AND SHADE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Coffee House, 2006), AT THE FAIR (BlazeVOX Books, 2010), SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Shearsman Books, 2010), FEELING FOR THE GROUND (BlazeVOX [books], 2010), THE NEW WORLD (Libellum Books, 2010), TRANS/VERSIONS (Libellum Books, 2010), CANYONESQUE (BlazeVOX [books], 2011), DISTANCE (BlazeVOX [books], 2012) and TRUTH GAME (BlazeVOX [books], 2013). |