Under World Arrest

by Clayton Eshleman

Book Overview

"What is missing?" The question echoes throughout a sprawling collection. For this poet, our present age is marked by an absurd level of cruelty and violence; and poetry, if it is to address that at all, must rise to the same frenetic level. As he points out, "Look what men do to women. Why should art be less?" With such an intent in mind, one might anticipate a certain amount of moralizing. But Clayton Eshleman gives the collection a refreshingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087685935X
• ISBN13: 9780876859353
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"