Flies

Michael Dickman

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Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
16 August 2011

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

""Hilarity transfiguring all that dread, manic overflow of powerful feeling, zero at the bone-Flies renders its desolation with singular invention and focus and figuration: the making of these poems makes them exhilarating.""-James Laughlin Award citation

""Reading Michael [Dickman] is like stepping out of an overheated apartment building to be met, unexpectedly, by an exhilaratingly chill gust of wind.""-The New Yorker

""These are lithe, seemingly effortless poems, poems whose strange affective power remains even after several readings.""-The Believer

Winner of the James Laughlin Award for the best second book by an American poet, Flies presents an uncompromising vision of joy and devastating loss through a strict economy of language and an exuberant surrealism. Michael Dickman's poems bring us back to the wonder and violence of childhood, and the desire to connect with a power greater than ourselves.

What you want to remember of the earth and what you end up remembering are often two different things

Michael Dickman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His first book of poems, The End of the West, appeared in 2009 and became the best-selling debut in the history of Copper Canyon Press. His poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, and he teaches poetry at Princeton University.

By: Michael Dickman
Imprint: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 155g
ISBN: 9781556593772
ISBN 10: 1556593775
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 16 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Dickman: Michael Dickman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His debut volume of poetry, The End of the West, appeared in 2009. He has received fellowships from the Michener Center for Writers, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Vermont Studio Center. His poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, and he teaches poetry at Princeton University.

Reviews for Flies

""This is only [Michael] Dickman’s second book...he already seems a major American talent.""New York Times Book Review ""This is only [Michael] Dickman’s second book...he already seems a major American talent.""—New York Times Book Review

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Michael Dickman

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