The Wish Book

In his first collection since Fancy Beasts, a book that "slice d] straight through nerve and marrow on its way to the heart and mind of the matter" (Tracy K. Smith), Alex Lemon dazzles us again with his exuberance and candor. Whether in unrestrained descriptions of sensory overload or tender meditations on fatherhood and mortality, Lemon blurs that nebulous line between the personal and the pop-cultural. These poems are full of frenetic energy and images pleasantly, strangely colliding: jigsaws and bathtubs and kung-fu and X-rays. It's a distinct brand of edginess that readers of Lemon will once again applaud. A lean and muscular collection, The Wish Book marks a new high in this poet's unstoppable career.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 01/07/2014
ISBN: 9781571314505
Pages: 113
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2014 pg. 36
Library Journal 04/15/2014 pg. 90
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2014