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Integrity & Dramatic Life

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As a volume that attempts to play out its political arguments by aesthetic means, Integrity & Dramatic Life is remarkably successful. One leaves the book feeling that the world can, for good or for ill, be thrown into a stark and moving relief by poetry so exhaustive in the demands it places on both the speaker and the world in which he lives. This is not to say that the experience of reading this book is tiring; to the contrary, I found myself energized by the quickness, confidence, and intensity of this work. In this, the collection successfully avoids a despairing solipsism, leaving one with the feeling that it is still possible for poetry, through an exhaustive personal engagement with a deeply unjust world, to rally what remains.

Anselm Berrigan is one of the most intelligent poets I know. Integrity and Dramatic Life is not only quintessential reading for any writer,
It is one of my favorite books. Visit www.narrowhouserecordings.com to hear audio tracks from this amazing volume of work

What a soulful book--can't wait for the movie