A.R. AMMONS: SELECTED POEMS

A.R. AMMONS: SELECTED POEMSFrom the press: Meditative, comic, emotionally wrenching, steeped in both the natural world and the life of the mind, the poetry of A. R. Ammons is at once cosmic in scope and intimate in its moment to moment transformations. With his mastery of description and cadence, his roiling wit and fearless gaze, Ammons was a philosopher of the everyday who found surprise everywhere he looked. He is often witty, sometimes bawdy, writes editor David Lehman, on

Maria Cyranowicz

and fucks despite (or in spite of) this monstrous bellicosity

with texts by Julie Chaizemartin

The Guest Cat

also the author of James Baldwin’s acclaimed 1994 biography

our goal is bring out the poem's endless repeatability

a "paused emptiness of season" that freezes an instant only to watch it dissolve under charged scrutiny

A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes

but also many modern artists and creators

and some Zen masters are in a disorderly pile

Modern Love

"What bloody lens holds firm between this mystery & us