Description
"If you take a broad squint at our nation's new poets you can find two general strategies: poets who are carrying the torch, and poets who are using it to start fires. And then we have Joshua Beckman. He seems to be doing everything."--Daniel Handler, The Believer "Beckman ...does the incredible work of writing poems full of desire, for a world in the midst of radical upheaval."--Publishers Weekly (starred review for Take It) Joshua Beckman is at his most immediate, attentive, and available in The Inside of an Apple. Beckman's latest collection of sincere, spare poems invites the reader to experience a revelation of consciousness and a generosity of spirit. Let my still dark soul be music. A made whistle floating out a window arranged. Some little thing fell and I picked it up and up it kept on going. Eight dead stars make a sickle, and the earth is covered in grass. Joshua Beckman is the author of nine books, including collections of poetry, translations, and collaborations. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.
We will seek reviews and interviews with top tier publications such as Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Bookworm, Bookforum, among others. Beckman plans to tour extensively on the East coast, reading with fellow Wave authors such as Noelle Kocot and Mary Ruefle, as well as additional West coast readings. We will promote this title through emails to academics throughout the country and bookstores in the Northeast and Northwest regions. We will send preview copies to academics and high-profile literary figures in the who know Beckman personally, as well as to academics who have taught his other collections published by Wave. We will promote this title through pre-publication promotions to our mailing list, as well as on our author page, and through Wave's facebook and twitter accounts.
About the Author
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of nine books, including the forthcoming The Inside of an Apple (Wave Books, 2013), Take It, Shake, Your Time Has Come, and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Micrograms, by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 Meters of Poems (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) by Carlos Oquendo de Amat and Poker (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008) by Tomaz Salamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9781933517759
Author Joshua Beckman
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Wave Books
Publisher Wave Books
Weight(grams) 141g
We will seek reviews and interviews with top tier publications such as Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Bookworm, Bookforum, among others. Beckman plans to tour extensively on the East coast, reading with fellow Wave authors such as Noelle Kocot and Mary Ruefle, as well as additional West coast readings. We will promote this title through emails to academics throughout the country and bookstores in the Northeast and Northwest regions. We will send preview copies to academics and high-profile literary figures in the who know Beckman personally, as well as to academics who have taught his other collections published by Wave. We will promote this title through pre-publication promotions to our mailing list, as well as on our author page, and through Wave's facebook and twitter accounts.
About the Author
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of nine books, including the forthcoming The Inside of an Apple (Wave Books, 2013), Take It, Shake, Your Time Has Come, and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Micrograms, by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 Meters of Poems (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) by Carlos Oquendo de Amat and Poker (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008) by Tomaz Salamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9781933517759
Author Joshua Beckman
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Wave Books
Publisher Wave Books
Weight(grams) 141g
