Lessness (New Modern and Contemporary Poets of the American West) - Softcover

Henry, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934103209 ISBN 13: 9781934103203

Publisher: Ahsahta Press, 2011

Synopsis

Poetry. In LESSNESS everything is in ruins--machines, landscapes, buildings, bodies, histories, language. In terse elegies and effaced text, Lessness forces us to question the body, and through it the stability of the knowable. All builds toward a lengthy, strangely gentle "wreckage," where the surrender to inevitable infestations does not negate small triumphs.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Henry is the author of seven books of poetry, including LESSNESS (Ahsahta Press, 2011), THE STRIPPING POINT (Counterpath Press, 2007), and QUARANTINE (Ahsahta Press, 2006). His translation of the Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun's Woods and Chalices appeared from Harcourt in 2008, and his translation of Ales Steger's The Book of Things appeared from BOA Editions in 2010.

Review:

[N]ot only does Henry write about the thinghoodedness of everyday life, and about actual encounters undergone, but he also writes about these elements without damping down any of the emotional, physical, and intellectual aspects of his relationship with his world. --Karla Kelsey, Constant Critic

What impresses the most is the fact that Henry is still experimenting and growing and there is a genuine excitement preceding each new book. As he has proven so far, there is little in language or subject matter that cannot find its way into the poetic idiom. --John Findura, Cutbank

About this edition

• Publisher: Ahsahta Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1934103209
• ISBN 13: 9781934103203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112