The Curious Builder [Paperback]

Paul Violi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1992

"THE CURIOUS BUILDER shows this inventive, iconoclastic--and above all--enjoyable poet in full swing. A sense of humor and wonder prevails."--Derrick Woolf, ODYSSEY

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Borrowed Lady
Boxcar Crossing
Catalogue Of The New Wonderment
The Curious Builder
The Empress Arrives In Her Tulip Boat
Errata
From Provender Books
Haitian Quatrains
The Laws Of Casuality
Lines Written On A Splinter From Apollinaire's Coffin
More On The Heroic Deeds And Manner Of The Worthy Rabelais
A Movable Snack
Narrative Drift
On The Differences Between Gods And Mortals
One Man Show With Maps
Police Blotter
Prime-time Claptrap
Scatter
Sideshow
Submission
Tanka
Translators And Cannibals
Under The Low, Infernal Sky
Wet Bread And Roasted Pearls
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

THE CURIOUS BUILDER is Paul Violi's sixth full collection of poems. His work has appeared in such publications as HARPER'S, HANGING LOOSE, TALISMAN, THE KENYON REVIEW and SULFUR and he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, The Ingram Merrill Foundation and The Fund for Poetry, among others. He teaches at New York University and Pace University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Hanging Loose Press; First Edition edition (May 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882413008
• ISBN-13: 978-1882413003
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,087,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sparkling book of dreams, confrontations and honest beauty, January 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Curious Builder (Paperback)

Paul violi is a magical man and a magical poet. His poems exude his unique awareness of humor, conflict, sadness, and thoughtful experience that only this man could capture in words. If you are ever in the new york city area, keep your head to the ground for a reading by Mr. Violi. Every so often, he can be found at one location or another reading his work. In person, he is even more fascinating than his poems let on. Also, he just came out with a new book of poems called Fracas, which is amazing. GO GET IT!