First Things When
First Things When

First Things When

POETRY

96 Pages, 5.25 x 8.5

Formats: Paperback

Paperback, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $21.95)

Publication Date: April 2009

ISBN 9781857549096

Price: $19.95
 
 

Overview

Firmly rooted in the modern world, with all the paraphernalia it entails, the poems of this collection are fascinated with life in the digital age and cut away at it with a razor wit while still finding unexpected beauty in the seemingly cold. From the invented locales of modern society such as supermarkets, airports, and parking garages to Hollywood action movies and classical music, these poems pick away at the wild side of human life and the strangeness of human behavior in a world that sustains and, precariously, endures.

Reviews

"His are chiseled, wonderfully crafted lyrics that infuse the most mundane of incidents with resonance. Rehder contemplates the splendors and miseries of everyday life with an eye to foibles and absurdities, including our own."  —Marjorie Perloff, author, Wittgenstein's Ladder and The Futurist Movement


"There is no substitute for reading Rehder over and over again—the poems are too clear to be understood at once. And they shine too brightly."  —Peter Porter, author, Dragons in Their Pleasant Places and The Chair of Babel

Author Biography

Robert Rehder has taught at Princeton University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Stirling, and the University of Fribourg. He is the author of Compromises Will Be Different.
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