"What is missing?" The question echoes throughout a sprawling collection. For this poet, our present age is marked by an absurd level of cruelty and violence; and poetry, if it is to address that at all, must rise to the same frenetic level. As he points out, "Look what men do to women. Why should art be less?" With such an intent in mind, one might anticipate a certain amount of moralizing. But Clayton Eshleman gives the collection a refreshingly bizarre array of imagery through which incidents like the Bosnian civil war ...
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"What is missing?" The question echoes throughout a sprawling collection. For this poet, our present age is marked by an absurd level of cruelty and violence; and poetry, if it is to address that at all, must rise to the same frenetic level. As he points out, "Look what men do to women. Why should art be less?" With such an intent in mind, one might anticipate a certain amount of moralizing. But Clayton Eshleman gives the collection a refreshingly bizarre array of imagery through which incidents like the Bosnian civil war are viewed. Eshleman is a reverse prophet, returning to 13,000 B.C. to crouch in a cave of ancient paintings and describe our world on the wall.
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Add this copy of Under World Arrest to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Eighth Day Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wichita, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Black Sparrow Pr.
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Fine in Near Fine Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Hard cover in clear acetate dust jacket, as issued. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards with paper label to spine., faint surface rubbing to dj back panel. no other wear or flaws. clean, no markings of any sort. no bumps, tears. tight binding. great copy.; number 65 from the first edition of 100 signed, numbered copies.; 197pp., collection of the author's poetry.
Add this copy of Under World Arrest to cart. $150.00, like new condition, Sold by Outrider Book Gallery rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lacey, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. 197 pg. Sewn binding. Pictorial boards. Acetate dust jacket. Book is straight with solid binding and clean text. Numbered and signed on colophon by Clayton Eshleman. #10 of 100 copies printed.