Nude Descending an Empire

by Sam Taylor

As a collection of politically engaged poetry for the 21st century, Nude Descending and Empire develops the lyrical voice of a citizen-poet speaking to the urgency of our contemporary moment, especially its ecological crisis. This is a book that brings all the supposed sensitivity of poetry into contact with the world we actually live in--with all its crises, madness, and modernity--and insists that we feel it all. A reader will recognize many of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822963043
• ISBN13: 9780822963042
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"