Poetry. In his newest collection of prose poems, Trouble with the Machine, Christopher Kennedy again takes us on a tour of his brilliantly odd-ball world, a world where town hall meetings turn into blood-baths, where God calls on the telephone to check in with mortals who are calmly ironing their souls in the kitchen, where wounds aren't merely worn on the sleeve but actually attend parties to pick fights with the other guests. Kennedy's poetry is fiercely comic, deliciously irreverent, and a welcome oasis in the dry landscape of modern poetry. Christopher Kennedy's writing has appeared or will appear in many journals and magazines, including Grand Street, Ploughshares, McSweeney's, and Mississippi Review. He received a poetry fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1999 and a Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts grant in 1997.
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Christopher Kennedy is the author of Ennui Prophet (BOA Editions, Ltd.), Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death (BOA Editions, Ltd.), Trouble with the Machine (Low Fidelity Press), and Nietzsche's Horse (Mitki/Mitki Press). He is an associate professor of English at Syracuse University where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing.
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The cover of this book caught my attention - then the the prose hooked me. Kennedy is a surperb writer with a certain special flare. The poems are strange at times, but they always left me with a very clear picture of the things that are in his head. I loved it!!! A must-read!
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The off season has its charms in this town of heaves and drifts. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The off season has its charms in this town of heaves and drifts. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Dictionary of Symbols (Dover Occult) by J. E. Cirlot on page 24
- Dictionary of Symbols (Routledge Dictionaries) by J. C. Cirlot on page 24
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