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The Swimmer: Poems
Author: John Koethe
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A searching new collection from Americas philosopher-poetJohn Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, the late-night jazz, great sex and all The human shit defining what we are. His poemsalways dynamic and in process, never static or completeluxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. The Swimmer argues that this energizes everything lifes trivialities, surprises, and disappointments, and the terrible feeling of being just about to fall.**ReviewKoethe is a beautiful writer, one whose subtle inventiveness can give new life to persistent images, nail a complex feeling in just a few words, or make the basic tools of the poetic trade into sources of pleasure and persuasion. Jonathan Farmer, SlateThese poems wont shatter the universe, but thats precisely their point, the tragedy they lament that as individuals we are small and the universe pays our seemingly vast inner lives no mind. Koethe seeks to ease his mounting fear by talkingby writinghimself through it, and listening in is a perverse pleasure, and a palpable comfort. Craig Morgan Teicher, NPRKoethes poems are able to offer the kind of idiosyncratic musings that will keep the reader thinking beyond the confines of the page. Publishers WeeklyA welcome new book from an important voice. Library JournalAbout the Author John Koethe has published ten books of poetry, and has received the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Award, and the Frank OHara Award. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry, and is the Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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A searching new collection from Americas philosopher-poetJohn Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, the late-night jazz, great sex and all The human shit defining what we are. His poemsalways dynamic and in process, never static or completeluxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. The Swimmer argues that this energizes everything lifes trivialities, surprises, and disappointments, and the terrible feeling of being just about to fall.**ReviewKoethe is a beautiful writer, one whose subtle inventiveness can give new life to persistent images, nail a complex feeling in just a few words, or make the basic tools of the poetic trade into sources of pleasure and persuasion. Jonathan Farmer, SlateThese poems wont shatter the universe, but thats precisely their point, the tragedy they lament that as individuals we are small and the universe pays our seemingly vast inner lives no mind. Koethe seeks to ease his mounting fear by talkingby writinghimself through it, and listening in is a perverse pleasure, and a palpable comfort. Craig Morgan Teicher, NPRKoethes poems are able to offer the kind of idiosyncratic musings that will keep the reader thinking beyond the confines of the page. Publishers WeeklyA welcome new book from an important voice. Library JournalAbout the Author John Koethe has published ten books of poetry, and has received the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Award, and the Frank OHara Award. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry, and is the Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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