Peter Gizzi Books

Illuminates Jack Spicer's provocative lectures on radical poetics.

This collection showcases the innovative and thought-provoking style of an acclaimed poet, exploring themes of identity, nature, and the human experience. Through vivid imagery and emotional depth, the poems invite readers to reflect on their own lives and the world around them. The author's unique voice and perspective challenge conventional boundaries, making this work a significant contribution to contemporary poetry.

"Like all of Spicer's best work, After Lorca is "an argument between the dead and the living." He was haunted by Jean Cocteau's image of Orpheus as a poet taking dictation from the beyond through radio broadcasts only he could hear-he liked to say his own messages might be coming from Martians. But as he wrote in his 1965 book Language, "The trouble with comparing a poet with a radio is that radios/ don't develop scar tissue.""-- Provided by publisher

Exploring themes of grief, beauty, and the interplay between poetry and death, this collection of poems delves into the complexities of human emotion. The work is noted for its tonal precision, revealing fresh sensations and meanings through the poet's careful attention. It serves as a poignant reflection on sadness and light, continuing the profound exploration initiated in the author's previous acclaimed collection.

A new lyricism for the twenty-first century Runner-up for the William Carlos Williams Award (2015) Since his celebrated first book of poetry, Peter Gizzi has been hailed as one of the most significant and distinctive voices writing today. Gathered from over five collections, and representing close to twenty-five years of work, the poems in this generous selection strike a dynamic balance of honesty, emotion, intellectual depth and otherworldly resonance—in Gizzi's work, poetry itself becomes a primary ground of human experience. Haunted, vibrant, and saturated with luminous detail, Gizzi's poetry enlists the American vernacular in a magical and complex music. In Defense of Nothing is an immensely valuable introduction to the work of this extraordinary and singular poet. Check for the online reader's companion at http://petergizzi.site.weleyan.edu.

An essential collection of a highly original American poet

The collection features Peter Gizzi's influential first book, previously out of print, alongside 60 pages of early and uncollected poems, including the notable "Music for Films." This edition serves as a comprehensive anthology of Gizzi's poetic output from 1987 to 1992, showcasing his evolution as a poet and his significant contributions to contemporary poetry.

The lifework of a preeminent New York School poet

Soulful and intricate lyrics make this Gizzi's strongest book to date

This New and Selected introduces one of America's most significant contemporary poets to a European audience.