Fat Jersey Blues / John Repp ; cover design, Lauren McAndrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Repp, John, author.

Contributor:

McAndrews, Lauren, cover designer.

Series:

Akron series in poetry.

Akron Series in Poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Formalism (American poetry)--History and criticism.

New Formalism (American poetry).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2014.

Summary:

"I know I'm holding a good book in my hand when I use the other to call my friends and read poems to them. How generous John Repp is He zooms in on the moment, but he's always glancing at everything that surrounds it. His funny poems have dark hearts, just as the sad ones are clearly written by someone capable of belly-shaking laughter. They tell wonderful stories, yet they contain chewy little nuggets that are often indifferent and even hostile to story. I've said elsewhere that a poem either writes you a check or sends you a bill, and "Fat Jersey Blues" writes me checks faster than I can cash them. Oh, and these poems make me do something else that the good ones always do: when I hung up after reading 'Bob Johnson, ' 'The Maltese Falcon, ' or 'Balcony' to a friend, I sat down to write myself." --David Kirby, author of "The Biscuit Joint."

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Trucking Flowers to the Dump on a Day Like No Other""; ""Reading The Idiot in Carleton House Apartments, Millville, New Jersey""; ""Throwing a Ball South of the Pine Barrens""; ""Fact-Checking""; ""Waiting for the Bus in the Reading Room of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Haggard in a Leather Armchair""; ""Why I Am Not a Performance Poet""; ""Ode to Didi�s Squash Stew & the Waitresses at Fred�s Place""; ""My Wife�s Ass (or “You Annoy Me, Matthew Dickman!�)""; ""Another Bourbon Poem""

""The Channel Deeper than Anyone Has Ever Known It, Except for the Implacable Scavenger""""Blueberry (or “Another Summer-of-1975 Poem�)""; ""Fat Freddy�s Burnt Mill Blues""; ""Krishnamurti""; ""Having Come Late to Kenneth Koch""; ""Another Harvey-Pekar-Is-Dead Poem""; ""The Boy & the Bisbings""; ""Crystal Meth Under Her Choir Robe""; ""Nothing Happened""; ""Sand Road Stomp (Slight Return)""; ""Bob Johnson""; ""What Happens to the Circus""; ""Beatrice""; ""Monotony (or “Another Chekhov Poem�)""; ""The Maltese Falcon""; ""Mayakovsky""; ""The Totossian Poem""

""Jumbo Pagano Might Have Work for You""""The Bridge Over Blackwater Creek""; ""Final Food""; ""The Ocean City Poem""; ""Another Life-Goes-On Poem""; ""Another Spanish Moss Poem""; ""Everywhere At Once""; ""No Away""; ""Balcony""; ""The Mistake""; ""Another Mistake""; ""Down Teaburner Road""; ""Bats & Balls""; ""Another “Taps� Poem""; ""Schoolhouse Door""; ""Honorary Jew""; ""Poem Beginning With a Line from Ezra Pound�s “Canto XX� & Ending With a Line from “Notes for Canto CXX�""; ""Canoeing the Lagoon""; ""Hansey Creek Eel Blues""; ""Another Forgiveness Poem""; ""Notes""

""Acknowledgments""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-937378-95-0