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Civil twilight : poems

Title
Civil twilight : poems / Jeffrey Schultz.
Author
Schultz, Jeffrey, 1979-
Publication
  • New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
St. John, David, 1949-
Description
viii, 88 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 23 cm
Summary
""Civil twilight" occurs just before dawn and just after dusk, when there is still light enough to distinguish the shapes and contours of objects but not the richness of their detail. Beginning with the idea that nothing can be seen clearly in the light of the present, the poems in Civil Twilight attempt to resuscitate lyric's revelatory impulse by taking nothing for granted, forming their materials under the light of a critical gaze. If there is any chance left for a humane world, a world in which poetry might become as transparent and evocative as it has always longed to be, these poems desire nothing but to find hints of that chance, and to follow them as far as they might lead. Jeffrey Schultz brings his distinct voice to bear on the stuff of twenty-first-century America--languishing FOIA requests, graffiti-covered city walls, the violent machinery of the state--without abandoning hope that the language of poetry might transport us to some better and as-yet-unimaginable world. Turning a call to be "civil" on its head, this collection nudges the reader toward revolution."--Amazon.com.
Series Statement
National poetry series
Uniform Title
National poetry series.
Subject
Note
  • "National Poetry Series winner, selected by David St. John"--Cover.
  • "The National poetry series winners of 2016 open competition ... Civil twilight, Jeffrey Schultz of Los Angeles, California, chosen by David St. John for Ecco."--Page 89.
Call Number
JFE 17-10229
ISBN
  • 9780062678980
  • 0062678981
OCLC
968772703
Author
Schultz, Jeffrey, 1979- author.
Title
Civil twilight : poems / Jeffrey Schultz.
Publisher
New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
National poetry series
National poetry series.
Added Author
St. John, David, 1949-
Research Call Number
JFE 17-10229
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