The Nerve: Poems

by Glyn Maxwell

Book Overview

A haunting and powerful collection, The Nerve captures the strangeness and splendor of America in the twenty-first century. Glyn Maxwell's characters include FBI agents, the Californian wild child Genie, a man who holds his own funeral, and women writing love letters to men on Death Row. From college football games to television weather reports, from hayrides to hunting tragedies, Maxwell's brilliant lyrics and narratives explore American life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618446664
• ISBN13: 9780618446667
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"