Rogue Hemlocks [Paperback]

Carl Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2008

African-American and a native of the South, Carl Martin's "Brit vernacular" asks of its reader nothing less than a total ignorance of expectation. These poems, coming after a long silence, engage Romantic tropes such as Vision, Beauty, and the Self, cheek-by-jowl with Pop madness and Modern despair, all in a cadence that is winkingly isolate, stunningly productive.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Each of the poems in Carl R. Martin's Rogue Hemlocks is miraculous and leads to a broad spectrum of meaning and possibility... ...For the most part, however, Martin's syntax and diction, his wacky music, his sense of history and pop-culture are idiosyncratic. Each of his poems is a singular disturbance in the matrix of contemporary poetry. If there is any weakness in Martin's writing it is that this sense of wonder it invokes can be intimidating. The generousness and sublimity of the poems in Rogue Hemlocks may not be for everyone, but everyone should seek them out and be challenged by them."--Ben Mirov , www.coldfrontmag.com

Review

"Carl Martin's poetry bears the same relation to contemporary writing that Conlon Nancarrow's player piano studies do to traditional piano music. In other words, it's unlike anything you've ever read and will take you to places you never knew existed." (John Ashbery )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 79 pages
• Publisher: Fence Books; First edition. edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934200115
• ISBN-13: 978-1934200117
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,298 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)