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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Nabokovian in his caustic charm and sexy intelligence, Simic perceives the mythic in the mundane and pinpoints the perpetual suffering that infuses human life with both agony and bliss. . . . And he is the master of juxtaposition, lining up the unlikeliest of pairings and contrasts as he explores the nexuses of madness and prophecy, hell and paradise, lust and death.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;Donna Seaman, \u003cI\u003eBooklist\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As one reads the pithy, wise, occasionally cranky epigrams and vignettes that fill this volume, there is the definite sense that we are getting a rare glimpse into several decades worth of private journals--and, by extension are privy to the tickings of an accomplished and introspective literary mind.\"\u0026mdash;\u003cI\u003eRain Taxi\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eWritten over many years, this book is a collection of notebook entries by our current Poet Laureate.\u003c/B\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eExcerpts:\u003c/B\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eStupidity is the secret spice historians have difficulty identifying in this soup we keep slurping.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eArs poetica: trying to make your jailers laugh.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eAmerican identity is really about having many identities simultaneously. We came to America to escape our old identities, which the multiculturalists now wish to restore to us.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eAmbiguity is the world\u0026rsquo;s condition. Poetry flirts with ambiguity. As a \u0026ldquo;picture of reality\u0026rdquo; it is truer than any other. This doesn\u0026rsquo;t mean that you\u0026rsquo;re supposed to write poems no one understands.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eThe twelve girls in the gospel choir sang as if dogs were biting their asses.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eWhat an outrage! This very moment gone forever!\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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