The Swimmer: Poems

Author: John Koethe
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets
Book Format: Paperback

A searching new collection from America's philosopher-poetJohn Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, the late-night jazz, great sex and all / The human shit defining what we are. His poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. The Swimmer argues that this energizes everything life's trivialities, surprises, and disappointments, and the terrible feeling of being just about to fall.

About John Koethe
John Koethe has published several books of poetry, and has received the Lenore Marshall Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Award, and the Frank O'Hara Award. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry, and is the Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

SKU BK-9780374536855
Barcode # 9780374536855
Brand Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Artist / Author John Koethe
Shipping Weight 0.5200kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.100m
Assembled Height 1.000m
Assembled Width 12.700m
Type Paperback

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