Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys: Poems

Powell, D. A.

ISBN 10: 1555976050 / ISBN 13: 9781555976057

Published by Graywolf Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys: Poems
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555976050
• ISBN 13: 9781555976057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

*Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry*

I have this rearrangement to make:
symbolic death, my backward glance.
The way the past is a kind of future
leaning against the sporty hood.
―from "Bugcatching at Twilight"
In Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys - D. A. Powell's fifth book of poetry - the rollicking line he has made his signature becomes the taut, more discursive means to describing beauty, singing a dirge, directing an ironic smile, or questioning who in any given setting is the instructor and who is the pupil. This is a book that explores the darker side of divisions and developments, which shows how the interstitial spaces of boonies, backstage, bathhouse, or bar are locations of desire. With Powell's witty banter, emotional resolve, and powerful lyricism, this collection demonstrates his exhilarating range.

About the Author

D. A. Powell is the author of five collections of poetry, including Chronic, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. He lives in San Francisco.