Ladies & Gentlemen

by Michael Robins

With lushness and a perplexity reminiscent of Wallace Stevens, the poems of Michael Robins' second collection blend allusion--from late-20th century rock lyrics to the Gettysburg Address--and negotiate feeling amid a troubled history of the United States. These persistent, cunning voices claim prey and hunter alike: whether a tortured prisoner or the nation's first colonists who might coexist among the indigenous populations if their "arms could hold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983368600
• ISBN13: 9780983368601
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Saturnalia Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 7.6"