Speculative Music

by Jeff Dolven and Cleo Qian

Jeff Dolven's poems take the guise of fables, parables, allegories, jokes, riddles, and other familiar forms. So, there is an initial comfort: I remember this, the reader thinks, from the stories of childhood . . . . But wait, something is off. In each poem, an uncanny conceit surprises the form, a highway paved with highwaymen, a school for shame, a family of chairs. Dolven makes these strange wagers with the grace and edgy precision of a metaphysical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936747588
• ISBN13: 9781936747580
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"