Of Plan B , an interim volume that included several of the poems in Maggot , Robert McCrum recently said in the London Observer that "Paul Muldoon, who has done so much to reimagine the poet's task, has surpassed himself with his latest collection." In his eleventh full-length book, Muldoon reminds us that he is a traditional poet who is steadfastly at odds with tradition. If the poetic sequence is the main mode of Maggot , it certainly isn't your father's poetic sequence. Taking as a starting point W. B. Yeats's ...
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Of Plan B , an interim volume that included several of the poems in Maggot , Robert McCrum recently said in the London Observer that "Paul Muldoon, who has done so much to reimagine the poet's task, has surpassed himself with his latest collection." In his eleventh full-length book, Muldoon reminds us that he is a traditional poet who is steadfastly at odds with tradition. If the poetic sequence is the main mode of Maggot , it certainly isn't your father's poetic sequence. Taking as a starting point W. B. Yeats's remark that the only fit topics for a serious mood are "sex and the dead," Muldoon finds unexpected ways of thinking and feeling about what it means to come to terms with the early twenty-first century. It's no accident that the centerpiece of Maggot is an outlandish meditation on a failed poem that draws on the vocabulary of entomological forensics. The last series of linked lyrics, meanwhile, takes as its subject the urge to memorialize the scenes of fatal automobile accidents. The extravagant linkage of rot and the erotic is at the heart of not only the title sequence but also many of the round songs that characterize Maggot , and has led Angela Leighton, writing in The Times Literary Supplement , to see these new poems as giving readers "a thrilling, wild, fairground ride, with few let-ups for the squeamish."
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet and Author Paul Muldoon, in person. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 134 p. Audience: General/trade. Fine, as New, in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight copy, bought new, and never read; opened only for the signing. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line beginning with a 1. Signed, signature only, on the page after the Publisher's page (Paul chose to sign this page, because the Title page is black). The signature was obtained in person during Paul's Author event in New York City on January 15, 2015. A photo of Paul during the event, and an event announcement will be included. "Maggot" is a collection of poems, in which Paul Muldoon reminds the reader that he is a traditional Poet who is steadfastly at odds with tradition. Paul finds unexpected ways of thinking and feeling about what it means to come to terms with the early twenty-first century. The center piece of "Maggot" is an outlandish meditation on a failed poem that draws on the entomological forensics. Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. "Staff Pick" sticker on front cover. Gift inscription ffep. 1st printing. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 134 p. Audience: General/trade.
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