The Government Lake: Last Poems

by James Tate

Book Overview

The stunning, startling collection that is also the last work from a major poet

A woman named Mildred starts laying eggs after feathers from wild poultry begin coming down the chimney. A man becomes friends with a bank robber who abducts him and eventually rues his captor's death. A baby is born transparent.

James Tate's work, filled with unexpected turns and deadpan exaggeration, "fanciful and grave, mundane and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062914715
• ISBN13: 9780062914712
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.1"