The maverick room : poems / Thomas Ellis Sayers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Thomas Sayers.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

121 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2005]

Summary:

With its defiance for any one tradition or voice, Thomas Sayers Ellis' s debut becomes a powerful argument against monotony " A dream. A democracy. A savage liberty." " And yet another anthem and yet another heaven" "and yet another party wants you." " Wants you wants you wants you." - from " Groovallegiance"

In one poem, Thomas Sayers Ellis prognosticates, " Pretty soon, the Age of the Talk Show / Will slip on a peel left in the avant- gutter." The result is "The Maverick Room," the testing ground of determination and serendipity, where call-and-response becomes Steinian echo becomes Post-Soul percussive pleasure becomes a bootlegged recording hustled out of a D.C. go-go club.

ISBN:

1555974147

OCLC:

57394894