Shiner

by Maggie Nelson

Book Overview

In this electrifying and raw debut anthology, Maggie Nelson unpicks the everyday with the quick alchemy and precision of her later modern classics The Argonauts and Bluets. The poems of Shiner experiment with a variety of styles-syllabic verse, sonnets, macaronic translation, Zen poems, walking poems-to express love, bewilderment, grief, and beauty. This book, Nelson's first, heralded the arrival of a fully formed, virtuoso voice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350360066
• ISBN13: 9781350360068
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

The Zen of a Beer Can

Well, I guess there is something to the New York School revival, because Maggie Nelson's poetry is more evidence of an inspired blend of quotidian particulars, wit, and attitude. Nelson begins one poem with remembering how she once associated Zen with wisdom. Now, however, she intends to buy "as much beer as five dollars will buy and drink it right here on the sofa." The poem is entitled "A Misunderstanding." The subtle intelligence at work here is very sexy.