In Defense of Nothing: Selected Poems, 1987-2011

A new lyricism for the twenty-first century

Runner-up for the William Carlos Williams Award (2015)

Since his celebrated first book of poetry, Peter Gizzi has been hailed as one of the most significant and distinctive voices writing today. Gathered from over five collections, and representing close to twenty-five years of work, the poems in this generous selection strike a dynamic balance of honesty, emotion, intellectual depth and otherworldly resonance--in Gizzi's work, poetry itself becomes a primary ground of human experience. Haunted, vibrant, and saturated with luminous detail, Gizzi's poetry enlists the American vernacular in a magical and complex music. In Defense of Nothing is an immensely valuable introduction to the work of this extraordinary and singular poet. Check for the online reader's companion at http: //petergizzi.site.weleyan.edu.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 03/03/2014
ISBN: 9780819574305
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.47w x 0.93d
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/31/2014