Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago

Conrad, James

ISBN 10: 0312204728 / ISBN 13: 9780312204723

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, USA, 2000

About this Item

BU1 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. Stated first edition with a sequence of numbers appearing on the copyright page with the "1" present and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured blue paper covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very light rubbing overall plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges. The first novel by a noted American poet. A novel in which an influential poetry professor insists that the Yucca Mountain Project include an epic poem. In pursuit of this the reader is brought into an extended circle of minor poets who are continually upstaging, back-stabbing, and falling in and out of love with one another set against Chicago as a backdrop. 436p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # SCW09595

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, USA
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312204728
• ISBN 13: 9780312204723
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction::General Fiction
  • Fiction::Modern Fiction Firsts
  • Literature::Literary Novels
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The Yucca Mountain Project deep in the Nevada desert is the first planned long-term nuclear storage facility. The project is designed to contain nuclear waste for ten-thousand years, the amount of time it will take for the waste to no longer be radioactive. It is an ambitious project, especially in light of the fact that in this century alone we lacked the foresight to anticipate Y2K. Given this daunting responsibility, the project employs an artist, a botanist and an architect to contribute visual warnings to the site, in a manner decipherable to future generations.


Conrad imagines an influential poetry professor who insists that the project also include a poem, a great poem, an epic poem. It is this poem that brings us to the center of an extended circle of minor poets who are continually upstaging, back-stabbing and falling in and out of love with one another. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Chicago, this is a story of science and poetry, manipulation and intrigue, and the lengths to which people will go for their passions.

About the Author

James Conrad is a graphic designer who lives in Manhattan and Woodstock, New York. This is his first work of fiction. His poetry has appeared in such periodicals as James White Review, Fruit, and Allegheny Review.