Books : So Going Around Cities: New and Selected Poems, 1958-1979 (The Selected works series ; 4)
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by: Ted Berrigan
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780912652627
ISBN: 0912652624
Label: Subterranean Co
Manufacturer: Subterranean Co
Number Of Pages: 403
Publication Date: 1980-07
Publisher: Subterranean Co
Sales Rank: 6993059
Studio: Subterranean Co
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Product Description:
New edition of this classic, and long unavailable, 416 page collection of the late Ted Berrigan's work. Originally published in 1980, this collection is, as Ted Berrigan said at the time — 'as much as possible of 'The Story So Far' — the story being that of the wide-ranging mental (and real) life of this major figure in American poetry of the 20th century.
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Rating:  - So going around gibberish, more like it
What holds Mr. Berrigan's poetry back from greatness? The same thing that holds back a sales receipt from Kentucky Fried Chicken. There is, simply, no poetry in Ted Berrigan's poetry. What deadened his sense of acumen so I cannot say; he surely had access to the steadfast verse of his closest inspiration, William Wordsworth, but whereas Wordsworth's verses puff with gusty brilliance, Berrigan's crinkle up like burning paper hats. He must have read John Berryman, for Berryman's influence is everywhere ... Read More
Rating:  - RE: Ted Berrigan
This is the master book by the master poet of his era. Some poets are afraid to put anything into writing. They don't want the reader to get away with anything. Not Berrigan. He was the most generous poet alive. Everywhere he lived, poetry magazines & readings sprang into being. His poetry is just as generous as he was. This book takes you where he went. He's the source. He never lost his voice & it's still working today. Everything that is alive about American poetry now, comes knowingly ... Read More
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