Books : The Quicken Tree (American Poets Continuum)
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by: Bill Knott
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9781880238257
ISBN: 188023825X
Label: BOA Editions Ltd.
Manufacturer: BOA Editions Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 75
Publication Date: August 01, 1995
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Sales Rank: 1669012
Studio: BOA Editions Ltd.
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Rating:  - clever, & smart
Bill Knott is the guy who will be remembered as the fabulous overlooked poet, like Emily Dickinson & Lorine Niedecker except they aren't the GUY. Anyway, his zany verse is a lot of fun. He writes with a keen ear & a finely honed, uniquely weird sense of humor. I don't know how Dylan Thomas would feel about being side by side with Bill Knott on your poetry shelf. With his deliberate & modern diction, Bill Knott is good.
Rating:  - Bill Knott: is that a word in your pocket?
I have been reading Knott's poetry since before time, during the first ice age, I particularly remember enjoying his Collected Poems. Some(cringe) people I have argued his work with run away from it with a puzzled look upon their faces. I conclude that they are seeking a peak at another beast; perhaps a Victorian nah-nah poet or a romantic la-la poet. Maybe even a post-modern-neo-contemporary-confesional wah-wah poet.(All experimental aardvark poets take a moment and be smug, for you have not ... Read More
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