The Available World: Poems
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.45 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932511830 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Strata of Monson's Poetic Plates Madformadden In Ander Monson's the Available World, he uses language to carve ideas. It reminds me of the contour in southern Utah's landscape. Hoodoo ideas jet out from the book. Layers of thought, placement of words, and twisted carvings careen through slot canyons. Each of his poems leave me with a slice of some new frame. He merges technology with an educated lexicon and local jargon. He is heavy on language yet he is experienced in how to curse. It is done in a way that doesn't provoke offens. Wanderlust said Finding the Available World. Ander Monson astounds with his unique ideas and imaginative voice in this book of poetry. He masterfully combines contemporary culture with poetic imagery and expression to create a one-of-a-kind look at the world. His voice shines in every word; he is conversational, yet intense. His often sardonic wit is a refreshing break from often overwhelmingly pretentious poets that need interpreters to make sense of the words on the page. Instead, Monson discusses objects and ideas that the av. the available world. caribou! Ander Monson's collection of poems in "The Available World" really evokes interest of the little details of the everyday, and moves the reader forward from page to page in order to find out what Monson will have written about next. His poems include such things as brief mentions of video games, religion, teenage rowdiness, and all the wonderful things that add meaning and memories to our lives. No one experience is excluded from his range of topics, and I feel that his poetry is all t
All rights reserved. Hyperactive, and as much a product of the Internet age as they are about its phenomena--addiction to buying stuff, obsession with minor celebrities, general information overload--these poems tour a consciousness that can't quite figure out where it begins and ends. Accounts of Web browsing come off like lovely pastorals ("Online: sprinkling clicks among the pixels"), and vicarious living brings a surprising freshness to the everyday, "as if I've never seen/ the world in which
In this land of scarcity, right-living involves using up what you have, where you have it; otherwise someone might wreck, steal, or use it and you might not get any. “Ander Monson’s poems celebrate defiant excess. A carpe diem for obscure, doomed youth.”—Stephen BurtInspired by the cult Japanese video game Katamari Damacy, these poems increase in size and momentum, rolling more and more into their orbits as they go. Formally inventive and fun, The Available World examines the beauty and terror of excess.Ander Monson lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Though he lives in Tucson where he teaches at the University of Arizona, his heart still resides thirty hours northeast by car.. Ander Monson is the author of three published books (Neck Deep and Other Predicaments, Other Electricities, Vacationland), and one forthcoming (Vanishing Point, Graywolf, 2010). He is the editor DIAGRAM Magazine and the New Michigan Press