Meet Me at the Happy Bar [Paperback]

Steve Langan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1935402536 | ISBN-13: 978-1935402534 | Publication Date: June 16, 2009

Poetry. "I'm consistently jealous of Steve Langan's small-a absurdist accuracy, not to mention his unfailing ability to dredge gorgeous song from the hum of the normal. MEET ME AT THE HAPPY BAR is sharp, sad, sassy, and frighteningly alive"--Graham Foust.

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About the Author

Steve Langan graduated from Omaha North High School, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received the Paul Engle Postgraduate Fellowship from the James Michener Foundation. His most recent collection of poems is MEET ME AT THE HAPPY BAR (BlazeVOX [books], 2009). He is also the author of FREEZING (New Issues, 2001) and Notes on Exile and Other Poems (Backwaters, 2005). Langan serves on the teaching and residency faculty of the University of Nebraska MFA in Writing program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: BlazeVOX Books (June 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935402536
• ISBN-13: 978-1935402534
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,468,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars poems with language like intricate ticking cogs in some mysterious parts-visible grandfather clock, December 13, 2011

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D. S. Atkinson "wightknyte" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Me at the Happy Bar (Paperback)

I always love Langan's poems and this collection is no exception. His use of language is some of my favorite. There is a downy softness to the language, yet a chiseled granite hardness at the same time. Each word, each space, each line break seems like an intricate ticking cog in some mysterious parts-visible grandfather clock. And lines so strangely and surprisingly juxtaposed against each other, yet working somehow in the image and feeling they create. These really are some great poems to read and have storming around inside your head.