The Banjo Clock: Volume 34

by Karen Garthe

For Karen Garthe, poetry is a Molotov cocktail. A master of radical invention, Garthe combines brio of conception with linguistic virtuosity, bringing language to new life from the inside at breakneck speed. The Banjo Clock, her second collection, cultivates a luxuriant sensibility even as it interrupts poetic continuity with cuts, ironies, sharp wit, and wild recklessness. In poems that consider poetry itself, Garthe writes about preparing the medium,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520273168
• ISBN13: 9780520273160
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 7.9"