Model Homes (American Poets Continuum)

Wayne Koestenbaum

ISBN 10: 1929918569 / ISBN 13: 9781929918560

Published by BOA Editions Ltd., 2004

About this Item

BOA Editions Ltd, 2004, 1st edition, inscribed by Wayne Koestenbaum.

Seller Inventory # 879233170

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Model Homes (American Poets Continuum)
• Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1929918569
• ISBN 13: 9781929918560
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed copies
  • Poetry
  • LGBTQ+

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Synopsis

Wayne Koestenbaum knows how to drop the language in the blender of the imagination and hit frappe! The 13 ottava rima cantos in Model Homes present a neo-Freudian tale of the goings-on in the poet’s present home and various events from his childhood. Modulating a voice that is urbane and ribald, melancholic and wry, Koestenbaum puts a memorable spin on the status quo notion of domestic arrangements.

Wayne Koestenbaum holds a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. He was co-winner of the 1989 Discovery/The Nation poetry contest, has published three books of poetry and three books of prose, and writes frequently for The New York Times Magazine, The London Review of Books and other periodicals. He lives in New York, NY.

About the Author

Wayne Koestenbaum holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. After being named co-winner of the 1989 Discovery/The Nation poetry contest, he published his first book of verse, Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems, which was chosen as one of The Village Voice Literary Supplement's "Favorite Books of 1990." He has since published two other books of poetry and three books of prose, including a collection of essays, Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (Ballantine, 2000). He is a tenured Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.