For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut

By Takashi Hiraide

The radiant subway. The wall that clears up, endless. A thundering prayer of steel that fastens together the days, a brush of cloud hanging upon it, O beginning, it is there--your nest. Thus the keynotes of Hiraide's utterly original book-length poem unfold--a mix of narrative, autobiography, minute scientific observations, poetics, rhetorical experiments, hyper-realistic images, and playful linguistic subversions--all scored with the precision of a mathematical-musical structure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811217485
• ISBN13: 9780811217484
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 6.5"