One River: New and Selected Poems

By Ricardo Sternberg

Selected from Ricardo Sternberg ' s four collections, along with astonishing new poems, One River is a major event. A poet who, according to one reviewer, " has divined the secret connections between the words," Sternberg's voice is unlike any other: witty, earthy, exuberant, inventive. His poems also forgo conventional subjects. Alchemists, mermaids, angels, and " jongleur" grasshoppers share space with all manner of eccentrics: a trapeze artist, a pilot who navigates by smell, a millionaire who sneaks into heaven disguised as a camel. At the heart of Sternberg' s practice is prestidigitation: the sleight of hand that inheres in effortless turns of phrase, brisk syntax, and bold forms. " Leave it to me," he says to his muse, " to come up with something / that while not highfalutin, /carries a whiff of the sublime." Charismatic and original, Sternberg' s enduring work is captured in all of its extraordinary range in this new book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550656694
• ISBN13: 9781550656695
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Signal Editions
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.3" x 7.5"