Sleeping It Off in Rapid City: Poems, New and Selected

The first broad retrospective of August Kleinzahler's career, Sleeping It Ofƒ in Rapid City gathers poems from his major works along with a rich portion of new poems that visit different voice registers, experiment with form and length, and confirm Kleinzahler as among the most inventive and brilliant poets of our time. Travel--actual and imaginary--remains a passion and inspiration, and in these pages the poet also finds "This sanctified ground / Here, yes, here / The dead solid center of the universe / At the heartof the heart of America."

Author: August Kleinzahler
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.46w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780374531737

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 05/24/2009 pg. 20

About the Author
August Kleinzahler was born in Jersey City in 1949. He is the author of ten books of poems and a memoir, Cutty, One Rock. His most recent book of poetry, The Strange Hours Travelers Keep, was awarded the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize. He lives in San Francisco.

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