Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House

By C.J. Evans

Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House celebrates Tin HouseMagazine's commitment to publishing innovative contemporary poetry by both established and emerging poets. Tin House has established itself as one of the most exciting, eclectic, and popular literary magazines in America. The Village Voice declared that Tin House "may very well represent the future of literary magazines." This collection features work by Rae Armantrout, Frank Bidart, Billy Collins, Bei Dao, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Mark Doty, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nick Flynn, Matthea Harvey, Terrance Hayes, Seamus Heaney, Lucia Perillo, D.A. Powell, Bin Ramke, Charles Simic, Wislawa Szymborska, C.K. Williams, and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979419891
• ISBN13: 9780979419898
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Found Profound

Shaughnessy and Evans have, together, scoured through volumes of the respectable literary magazine "Tin House," and have found some of the most touching, raw, hilarious, and best poetry that has graced the publication and compiled it into one overpowering book, /Satellite Convulsions/. With a variety of writers, from heavy hitting names like Collins and Neruda, to relatively fresh ones, the range of style is a mouthful and the breadth of subject matter is equally impressive. At times, the book can be a bit overwhelming and the amount of heavy literary devices and the depth that they achieve can be a tad over the top, this presents absolutely no problem if you take in the contents of the book little by little. In addition, scattered throughout are some poems that are the equivalent of an "amuse busche," that cleanse your "palette" as you read. A very well-put-together collection of exceptional poetry, /Satellite Convulsions/ shows what Tin House is all about. Reviewed by Jordan Dacayanan