Hosts and guests : poems / Nate Klug.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klug, Nate, 1985- author.

Series:

Princeton series of contemporary poets

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 81 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This collection is one of two manuscripts recently selected by Susan Stewart for the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets, which is dedicated to publishing the best work of today's emerging and established poets. We publish one to two titles per year at the sole discretion of the series editor. The series began in 1975 with the publication of Sadness and Happiness: Poems by Robert Pinsky, and has published landmark collections by such poets as Ann Lauterbach and Jorie Graham. Hosts and Guests is Nate Klug's second full-length book of poems, and the first with Princeton. Taking the double meaning of hospes as both "guest" and "host" as its central theme, this volume focuses on questions of different perspectives. The title poem, for instance, depicts a set of parents visiting a newlywed couple, and explores how the guest/host relation shapes and transforms their perspectives of one another. The volume also explores other guest/host connections, such as recognition and misrecognition, greeting, and farewell. Klug's poems reflect on what it means to view the domestic and familiar through the lens of strangeness and estrangement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1

Matinee, End of August p. 3

Ghost at the Hy-Vee p. 4

Christmas Eve, 1-80, 10 P.M. p. 5

Hosts and Guests p. 6

Eye of a Needle p. 8

Jubilee p. 10

Ourselves p. 12

Rev. Valentine Rathbun Meets the Shakers p. 14

The Convert (I) p. 16

Great Blue Heron, Spofford Lake p. 17

Lion's Mane Jellyfish p. 19

2

The Outdoor Amphitheater at Ashworth Park p. 23

Aconite p. 25

Boston Post Road p. 27

Water Clocks p. 29

Aporia p. 31

Jasper County Almanac p. 32

Potholes p. 34

Impatient Earth p. 36

Brood III p. 37

"Grace Is Still a Secret" p. 39

For Our Anniversary in Early June p. 40

The Pokémon Go People p. 41

3

First Lent in California p. 45

4

Spiritual Practices p. 57

The Clock of the Long Now p. 59

Face to Face p. 61

Central Branch p. 63

Inchworm at Embarcadero p. 65

Late Afternoon on San Pablo Ave. p. 67

Three Months p. 69

The Proof Cloth p. 71

The Convert (II) p. 73

Courage p. 75

Lonely Planet p. 76.

Other Format:

Online version: Klug, Nate, 1985- Hosts and guests

ISBN:

9780691203539

9780691203546

0691203547

0691203539

OCLC:

1137748219

Publisher Number:

99985420691