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HISTORY IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT IBD

LUCHADOR PRESS
09 / 2021
9781952411755
Inglés

Sinopsis

Steve Goldberg is a poet of bakeries and breakups, rainy days and buried memories. Like all good poets, he pays attention. HeâÇÖs obsessed with the ordinary and the overlooked. HeâÇÖs the poet next door who goes to the corner bar. HeâÇÖs a poet who pauses during the day because he knows that, 'IâÇÖm in the three oâÇÖclock of my life / And itâÇÖs three oâÇÖclock in the afternoon.'áááááááááááMike James, author of Crows in the JukeboxáA map of a bodhisattva-engineerâÇÖs trek across a frontier of inner-neighborhoods measured with loneliness, imperfection, unexpected beauty, and cups of rich coffee.áááááááááááNick Traenkner, host of the Literary Cafe poetry seriesI can hear my story in Steve GoldbergâÇÖs writings. Yes, thatâÇÖs what good poetry does: Reminds you of who you are - all the while inviting you stay awhile. IâÇÖll be staying a long while with GoldbergâÇÖs poems. These poems come from a life lived in tradition, experiment, and question - reminding the reader of how close we are to touching one another ... reminding of how intertwined our dreams, wishes, challenges, loves, and lives truly are. And, he does it beautifully.áááááááááááBill Gainer, author of The Mysterious Book of Old Man PoemsSteve Goldberg is a poetâÇÖs metapoet, not just aware of his indulgence of poetry, but embodying the charge of the jester, free to unleash the truth for all the readers to see the nakedness beneath everything, the ineffable stuff of life that flows through human contact is the glue that pulls this collection together. He lays out the relationship between the poem and 'SchrodingerâÇÖs Lottery Ticket' and is not afraid 'to shave with OccamâÇÖs Razor.' His book is a love letter from Cleveland to the sublime moment that prowls about everyday life that GoldbergâÇÖs eye, and pen, do not miss.áPaul Corman-Roberts, founder of Beast Crawl Lit Fest and author of Bone Moon PalaceInto a world increasingly inundated with words of polish and spin, vetted and cleared for the duty of obstructing truth and beauty, come these poems - giving us the unglossed, unvarnished truth of the human heart. And for that, the reader can be thankful.áááááááááááMilenko (Miles) Budimir, author of Departures and Rustbelt RomanceáSteve Goldberg doesnâÇÖt care if you see him in his robe. He wonâÇÖt change for you, and he pays the price. HeâÇÖs an observer, from his city to the room behind his reflection in the mirror. He is a poet who examines context. He knows how he got here. He knows how we got here.Elynn Alexander, publisher at Collapse Press and author ofáThe Shouldspeak Disease

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