The Multiple

by Calvin Bedient

Calvin Bedient's fourth collection, The Multiple, meets an unspeakably excessive reality with an unremitting intensity of its own. The "multiple" in question is the imbroglio of entwinements and failed copulas within us and all around us, the reality underlying and giving the lie to our stereotypes. Dazzlingly resourceful--witty, multi-tonal, musical, propositional, painterly--the poems thump the increasingly empty box of cultural goods, an inheritance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890650668
• ISBN13: 9781890650667
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Omnidawn
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"